Organizational slack as an enabler of internationalization: The case of large Brazilian firms

Carneiro, Jorge, Bamiatzi, Vassiliki ORCID: 0000-0001-8529-5191 and Cavusgil, S Tamer (2018) Organizational slack as an enabler of internationalization: The case of large Brazilian firms. International Business Review, 27 (5). pp. 1057-1064.

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Abstract

In this paper, we address an empirical puzzle. We note that a deliberate and serious drive to internationalize has occurred rather late in the evolution of large Brazilian firms. Meanwhile, and despite their late internationalization, these Brazilian firms expanded rapidly and intently. Despite the rich literature on Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises (EMNEs), there is still much contention on what drives rapid EMNE internationalization, particularly for the less explored firms from Latin America. Using an inductive case study of five leading Brazilian MNEs, we bring new insights on this neglected question. We unveil that the existence of organizational slack (of operational, managerial, and financial nature) can indeed facilitate rapid internationalization, particularly when triggered by unique home country conditions (e.g., regulation; rising cost of doing business at home; exhaustion of profitable growth opportunities in the domestic market).

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	publisher: Elsevier articletitle: Organizational slack as an enabler of internationalization: The case of large Brazilian firms journaltitle: International Business Review articlelink: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.03.006 content_type: article copyright: © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Organizational slack, Internationalization, Brazilian firms, Emerging market multinationals, Latin american multinationals
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2020 09:22
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 00:28
DOI:	10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.03.006
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3052227

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