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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 198-207Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.07.001
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Firm-specific advantages; Country-specific advantages; Internationalization of emerging market firms; Turkey
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This paper examines the role of institutional factors that enable firm- and country-specific drivers of emerging market (EM) firms' internationalization based on case-based research conducted in one EM, Turkey. Findings indicate that 10 major factors comprised of firm-specific and country-specific advantages drove the focal case study firms abroad: the firm-specific factors ranged from financial and operations supremacy; excellence in value chain activities; inexpensive human resources; rapid learning capabilities in production and technology development; and adaptability to foreign markets; while the country-specific factors included home-government policies supporting internationalization; logistical advantages arising from geographical position; adaptability capabilities resulting from former survival through institutional voids; strong social ties formed through networks; and availability of low cost resources. These findings are discussed and future research questions are offered.
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