The complementarity of HC and LC in FDI_2018_09_28_final_submitted.pdf (490.75 kB)
The complementarity of human capital and language capital in foreign direct investment
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 16:54 authored by Palitha Konara, Yingqi WeiIntegrating the literature on language-MNEs (multinational enterprises) in international business and economic theory of human capital (HC), we establish an analytical framework to systematically examine how HC and language capital (LC) jointly determine foreign direct investment (FDI). We contend that the extent to which MNEs can leverage HC in a host country for FDI depends on LC. Based on an extensive bilateral dataset covering 3315 country pairs during 1995–2008, we reveal clear evidence on the moderating role played by LC in HC-FDI relationship and such evidence is robust to different measures used for different variables, the inclusion of more control variables and different samples.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Accepted version
Journal
International Business ReviewISSN
0969-5931Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
Issue
2Volume
28Page range
391-404Department affiliated with
- Strategy and Marketing Publications
Research groups affiliated with
- International Business Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes
Legacy Posted Date
2019-02-19First Open Access (FOA) Date
2020-05-22First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-02-16Usage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedKeywords
Licence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC