Entering the last frontier: Expansion by US multinationals to Africa

International Business Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-430

  Owhoso, Vincent ^b   Gleason, Kimberly C ^b   Mathur, Ike ^a   Malgwi, Charles ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Foreign expansion; Multinationalism; Wealth effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036334491     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(02)00017-3     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Investor Recognition of Corporate International Diversification
2. The foreign investment decision process
3. New Evidence and Perspectives on Mergers
4. Competing for Capital in a Global Environment
5. Detecting Long-Run Abnormal Returns: The Empirical Power and Specification of Test Statistics
6. Form Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage
7. Cooperative Forms of the TNC Activity
8. The Future of the Multinational Enterprise
9. Performance of International Joint Ventures and Wholly Owned Foreign Subsidiaries: A Comparative Perspective
10. Trade, location of economic activity and the multinational enterprise: A search for the eclectic approach
11. Multinational enterprises and the globalization of innovatory capacity
12. Which Firms Expand to the Middle East: The Experience of US Multinationals
13. Shareholders' Gains from Corporate Expansion to the Republics of the Former Soviet Union
14. Operational Characteristics and Performance Gains Associated With International Licensing Agreements
15. Economic Freedom of the World
16. Joint Ventures and Competitive Strategy
17. Digestibility and Asymmetric Information in the Choice Between Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
18. An Eclectic Theory of the Choice of International Entry Mode
19. International Operations of National Firms-A Study of Direct Foreign Investment
20. The Market for Corporate Control: The Empirical Evidence Since 1980
21. Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance and Takeover
22. 1998 Index of Economic Freedom
23. Global Strategies and Multinationals' Entry Mode Choice
24. Operating Flexibility, Global Manufacturing, and the Option Value of a Multinational Network
25. Knowledge of the Firm and the Evolutionary Theory of the Multinational Corporation
26. International Diversification of Investment Portfolios
27. International Acquisitions in the United States: Evidence from Returns to Foreign Bidders
28. Effect of Announcements of Withdrawal from South Africa on Stockholder Wealth
29. Announcements of Withdrawal from South Africa Revisited: Making Sense of Contradictory Event Study Findings
30. Why Investors Value Multinationality
31. Internationalization: An Event Study Test
32. The Formation of Japanese and US Equity Joint Ventures in China
33. The Dominant Logic: A New Linkage Between Diversity and Performance
34. Internalization and Non-Equity Forms of International Involvement
35. Nigeria Survey
36. Africa's Elusive Dawn
37. Real Options: Managerial Flexibility and Strategy in Resource Allocation
38. USA Ready to Launch Investment Invasion
39. Ownership-based Entry Mode Strategies and International Performance