Extending internalization theory: integrating international business strategy with international management

Casson, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2907-6538 (2022) Extending internalization theory: integrating international business strategy with international management. Global Strategy Journal, 12 (4). pp. 632-657. ISSN 2042-5805 doi: 10.1002/gsj.1450

Abstract/Summary

International business strategy and international management are two distinct but related fields of study. This paper explores the connections between them. It shows how internalization theory can act as a bridge between them. The key is to analyse not only core activities, such as production, marketing and R&D, but support services such as human resource management, information technology, and corporate finance. Internalization decisions and location decisions must be analysed holistically, and diagrammatic techniques show how this can be done. These diagrams reveal the networks of communication and the hierarchical structures that emerge from such decisions.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/105574
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/gsj.1450
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Economics
Publisher	Wiley for the Strategic Management Society
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