What is the Shape of the MultinationalityPerformance Relationship? Academic Article

abstract

• Previous theoretical explanations and empirical analyses of the multinationalityperformance relationship have produced mixed arguments and results. Linear and inverted Ushaped relationships have been theorized and confirmed empirically. Recent research has theorized that there is a threestage, sigmoid relationship between multinationality and performance. We contribute to the debate by showing that the impact of multinationality depends on the time dimension incorporated in the performance measure; that is, the net benefits from multinationality are likely to be higher in the longer term. The results from our sample of US manufacturing multinationals indicate that there is a threestage, sigmoid multinationalityperformance relationship.

authors

• Eden, Lorraine

published proceedings

• Multinational Business Review

author list (cited authors)

• Thomas, D. E., & Eden, L.

citation count

• 225

complete list of authors

• Thomas, Douglas E||Eden, Lorraine

publication date

• March 2004

publisher

• Emerald  Publisher

published in

• Multinational Business Review  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1108/1525383x200400005

start page

• 89

end page

• 110

volume

• 12

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/1525383x200400005