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Multinationals and institutional competitiveness

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  • Peer Hull Kristensen
  • Glenn Morgan

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This article discusses how institutional competitiveness and multinationals are mutually enriching concepts. Multinationals transfer capital, technology, and knowledge into new settings. They allow subsidiaries access to new markets, new resources, and new processes. Potentially, therefore, institutional competitiveness can be increased by the presence of multinational corporations (MNCs) and their subsidiaries. However, this depends on the type of multinational and the type of institutional context. By differentiating two types of MNC in terms of short‐term and long‐term orientations to investment, and two types of host institutional setting in terms of strength of institutional complementarities and interconnectedness, we develop a typology of four types of interaction between MNCs and institutional settings. We then analyze how each type influences institutional competitiveness. We conclude that these outcomes, while structurally shaped, are still dependent on how actors (individuals, firms, collective organizations, and governments) strategize to develop institutional frameworks in the context of highly competitive global markets.

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  • Peer Hull Kristensen & Glenn Morgan, 2007. "Multinationals and institutional competitiveness," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 1(3), pages 197-212, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:reggov:v:1:y:2007:i:3:p:197-212
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2007.00017.x
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