The Obsolescing ‘Bargaining Model’? MNC-Host Developing Country Relations Revisited

By Ravi Ramamurti. 2001

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Subfields: Development, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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The survival of international new ventures (2007, background): “This approach can be particularly valuable when institutional environments do not support the business activities of foreign firms, as noted by institutional theorists (Ramamurti, 2001; Doh et al., 2004).”
Resource Nationalism, Bargaining and International Oil Companies: Challenges and Change in the New Millennium (2009, neutral): “Unsurprisingly, the obsolescing bargaining model was declared to have outlived its usefulness during this period (Eden and Lenway 2001; Ramamurti 2001; Eden and Appel Molot 2002; Levy and Prakash 2003).”
International experience and FDI location choices of Chinese firms: The moderating effects of home country government support and host country institutions (2014, background): “Existing literature also found that, in general, countries tend to use bilateral negotiations to facilitate FDI (Ramamurti, 2001).”
Insiders, outsiders and host country bargains (2002, background): “, NAFTA) with FDI regulations can constrain government actions (Eden, 1996; Ramamurti, 2001).”
MNC strategy and social adaptation in emerging markets (2014, neutral): “However, despite lasting institutional voids, stakeholder expectations evolve in accordance with economic growth in emerging markets (Ramamurti, 2001).”
Erratum: Balancing private and state ownership in emerging markets' telecommunications infrastructure: country, industry, and firm influences (2004, background): “For example, Rugman (2003) reports that the vast majority of FDI flows occur among North America (the US and Canada), Western Europe and Japan, although more recently FDI to emerging markets has accelerated, partly because of growth potential and low factor costs.”
Under One Roof: Supply Chains and the Protection of Foreign Investment (2016, neutral): “…supply chains and government contract breach with US firms, because if home-host government politics affects investment disputes, as suggested by Ramamurti (2001) and Wellhausen (2015a; 2015b), then limiting the analysis to one home country is an appropriate starting point.29 Our ideal…”
Perspectives on multinational enterprises in emerging economies (2004, background): “This research thus establishes a foundation for policyoriented studies that could not be covered in this paper, for instance on the effectiveness of policy in influencing FDI (Oman, 2000), or on negotiations between MNEs and local governments (De la Torre, 1981; Ramamurti, 2001).”
Business under adverse home country institutions: The case of international sanctions against Myanmar (2020, background): “Some studies considered bilateral or supra-national institutions and agreements (Ramamurti, 2001) or the bargaining between home and host governments, and with MNEs, about the rules that apply to international business operations (Grosse, 2003; Stopford & Strange, 1991).”
Foreign investment location and institutional development in transition economies (2004, background): “The specific features of formal institutions shape the incentives faced by private businesses, and in consequence have been found to influence the extent of foreign direct investment (FDI) (Henisz, 2000; Mudambi & Navarra, 2002; Ramamurti, 2001).”
Foreign direct investment along the Belt and Road: A political economy perspective (2021, background): “…a bilateral or multilateral investment treaty designed to provide a favorable business environment in the host country, and where MNEs in stage 2 enter and operate within that environment by negotiating directly with the host government over specific terms and obligations (Ramamurti, 2001).”