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From Network Advantage To Bop Network Advantage: Path To Sustainable Value Creation And Internationalization

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  • SULAMAN HAFEEZ SIDDIQUI

    (The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan)

  • ISMAIL BIN LEBAI OTHMAN

    (Universiti Utara Malaysia)

Abstract

Recent developments in theories of Base of Pyramid (BoP) focus on engaging low-income population as business affiliates in developing countries. Theories of BoP cluster linkages and firms' internationalization are well established in the literature yet there is scarcity of theoretical postulations which may connect the two. This study, using inductive qualitative methods, aims to extend network theory of internationalization by identifying linkage between inclusive supply chain cluster linkages with BoP firms and internationalization strategy of MNEs in developing host markets. This study focuses on the social sustainability of MNEs operations in host markets. Proposed model postulates sustainable/inclusive supply chain linkages with BoP enterprises as an exogenous variable that generates sustainable value creation process i.e. inclusive innovation and inclusive entrepreneurship. These sustainable/inclusive supply chain linkages, moreover, influence key determinants of MNEs' internationalization strategy such as market knowledge competence, cooperative capability and native capability/ local embeddedness. The proposed model offers significant addition to the literature on internationalization of and shared value creation in MNEs.

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  • Sulaman Hafeez Siddiqui & Ismail Bin Lebai Othman, 2016. "From Network Advantage To Bop Network Advantage: Path To Sustainable Value Creation And Internationalization," JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA, Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Business.
    • Handle: RePEc:bbn:journl:2016_4_1_siddiqui
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    Keywords

    Shared value; Base of Pyramid (BoP) firms; sustainable supply chain; internationalization; economies of networking;
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    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
    • O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy

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