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What Are They Seeking Next?

Johansson, Lina LU ; Markhed Maxe, Mária LU and Iversén, Emma LU (2023) IBUH19 20231
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
This thesis investigates the dynamics between firms’ shifting motives for engaging in foreign direct investments (FDIs) and the experiential knowledge acquired from increased experience and establishment in foreign markets. An embedded case study was performed on the multinational company Duni Group, drawing upon insights from semi-structured interviews with representatives from the case company. Three key findings emerged through a flexible pattern-matching analysis. Firstly, the analysis indicated that the case company had multiple motives for engaging in FDIs simultaneously; however, these motives appeared to some extent, to be of varying significance for each location. Secondly, it was found that these motives have altered over the... (More)
This thesis investigates the dynamics between firms’ shifting motives for engaging in foreign direct investments (FDIs) and the experiential knowledge acquired from increased experience and establishment in foreign markets. An embedded case study was performed on the multinational company Duni Group, drawing upon insights from semi-structured interviews with representatives from the case company. Three key findings emerged through a flexible pattern-matching analysis. Firstly, the analysis indicated that the case company had multiple motives for engaging in FDIs simultaneously; however, these motives appeared to some extent, to be of varying significance for each location. Secondly, it was found that these motives have altered over the years with the company’s accumulated experience and increased establishment in foreign markets and that this shift may be justified by the knowledge gained through this experience. Lastly, the analysis revealed that external factors influencing the business environment had impacted the shift in motives and have a great potential to shape the direction of the case company’s future FDIs. Conclusively, it is acknowledged that future research should encompass a cross-disciplinary stance in order to more accurately capture all factors shifting the motives for FDI as well as potentially discovering supplementary motives for engaging in FDI: seeking legitimacy. (Less)
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author
Johansson, Lina LU ; Markhed Maxe, Mária LU and Iversén, Emma LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Shifting Motives for FDI
course
IBUH19 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
foreign expansion, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), intrinsic motives for FDI, natural resource-seeking, market-seeking, efficiency-seeking, strategic asset-seeking, experiential knowledge, market-specific knowledge, firm-specific knowledge
language
English
id
9117953
date added to LUP
2023-09-12 13:29:32
date last changed
2023-09-12 13:29:32
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  abstract     = {{This thesis investigates the dynamics between firms’ shifting motives for engaging in foreign direct investments (FDIs) and the experiential knowledge acquired from increased experience and establishment in foreign markets. An embedded case study was performed on the multinational company Duni Group, drawing upon insights from semi-structured interviews with representatives from the case company. Three key findings emerged through a flexible pattern-matching analysis. Firstly, the analysis indicated that the case company had multiple motives for engaging in FDIs simultaneously; however, these motives appeared to some extent, to be of varying significance for each location. Secondly, it was found that these motives have altered over the years with the company’s accumulated experience and increased establishment in foreign markets and that this shift may be justified by the knowledge gained through this experience. Lastly, the analysis revealed that external factors influencing the business environment had impacted the shift in motives and have a great potential to shape the direction of the case company’s future FDIs. Conclusively, it is acknowledged that future research should encompass a cross-disciplinary stance in order to more accurately capture all factors shifting the motives for FDI as well as potentially discovering supplementary motives for engaging in FDI: seeking legitimacy.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Lina and Markhed Maxe, Mária and Iversén, Emma}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{What Are They Seeking Next?}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}