Authors
Michael A Witt, Arie Y Lewin
Publication date
2007/7/1
Source
Journal of International business studies
Volume
38
Issue
4
Pages
579-594
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Description
In this perspective paper we argue that outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) undertaken as escape response to perceived misalignment between firm needs and home country institutional conditions represents an important but under-explored phenomenon in the international business (IB) literature. We propose that, in advanced industrialized nations, the extent of OFDI as escape is likely to rise with the extent of societal coordination in the political economy. Societal coordination is associated with relatively slower rates of institutional adjustment and thus with relatively greater prevalence of misalignments that may drive OFDI. We illustrate the face validity of our argument and lay out the implications for future research in IB.
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