Cluster capabilities or ethnic ties? Location choice by foreign and domestic entrants in the services offshoring industry in India

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Ethnic ties, location choice, and firm performance in foreign direct investment: A study of Taiwanese business groups FDI in China (2011, background): “One exception is the recent work by Zaheer et al. (2009){2009 #2138}, who find that ethnic networks exert greater influence than cluster capabilities on location decisions in the services offshoring to India.”
The Location Choice of Foreign Direct Investments: Empirical Evidence and Methodological Challenges (2017, background): “…Tan and Meyer (2011), Villaverde and Maza (2012), Wakasugi (2005), Wei et al. (1999), Wheeler and Mody (1992), Woodward (1992), Wright et al. (2005), Wu (1999), Wu and Radbone (2005), Wu and Strange (2000), Yuan and Pangarkar (2010), Zaheer et al. (2009), Zhou et al. (2002) and Zhu et al. (2012).”
Mapping India’s regional subcultures: Implications for international management (2015, background): “People are reputed to be open-minded and ready to accept challenges (Zaheer et al., 2009).”
Foreign Location Choice: Review and Extensions (2016, unknown): “…2011), strength of interfirm ties in the home country (Alacantra and Mitsuhashi 2012) and ethnic ties between the MNE’s country of origin and local actors in the foreign country (Bryan-Jean et al. 2011; Hernandez 2014; Zaheer et al. 2008) have been found to influence the location choices of MNEs.”