Location and the Global Advantage of Firms

Mesquita, Luiz F.

doi:10.1002/gsj.1107

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“…However, PNFFs' resources and influence on public policy vary substantially across ownership structures (e.g., state‐owned, foreign‐owned, or institutional investor‐owned PNFFs) and nations. Future research is needed to open up the black box of PNFFs and to gain deeper insights into the relative competitive (dis)advantages of PFFs versus other dominant organizational forms in EMs, like state‐owned enterprises (Mesquita, ). Fourth, our study is constrained by the scope of the primary studies comprising our sample.…”

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The impact of institutions on the competitive advantage of publicly listed family firms in emerging markets

Durán

Essen

Heugens

et al. 2018

Global Strategy Journal

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Research Summary: We develop an institutional explanation for the finding that the competitive advantage publicly listed family firms (PFFs) enjoy over other publicly listed firms varies across emerging markets. We propose that PFF performance is contingent on the state of four types of institutions—formal constraining, informal constraining, formal enabling, and informal enabling institutions. We test these ideas with a meta‐analysis of 177 primary studies, situated in 49 countries. Our results show that the competitive advantage PFFs enjoy is stronger when formal constraining institutions are less developed and when suitable informal enabling institutions are present. However, their competitive advantage is weaker when formal enabling and informal constraining institutions are less developed. We conclude that the competitive advantage of PFFs in emerging markets is contingent on local institutional conditions. Managerial Summary: We develop a framework to improve our understanding of how institutions impact the competitive advantage of publicly listed family firms (PFFs) in 49 emerging markets. The framework informs the decisions of PFF owners and managers concerning where to compete and when to invest in distinctive characteristics of family involvement, like a long‐term orientation, familial control, stewardship, and reputational capital. While our baseline expectation is that PFFs enjoy a competitive advantage in emerging markets, the model also specifies in which contexts the competitiveness of PFFs will be compromised. Our framework offers guidance to policymakers interested in increasing the economic contribution PFFs make to their jurisdictions, which they can ensure by developing PFF‐favoring institutions that strengthen the competitive advantage of these firms.

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The impact of institutions on the competitive advantage of publicly listed family firms in emerging markets

Durán

Essen

Heugens

et al. 2018

Global Strategy Journal

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“…However, resultant agglomeration and survival of firms in specific locations has many ties to the enterprise's ability to maximize its resources at internal and external levels as well as boundary spanning capabilities (Delgado, Porter, & Stern, 2015;Mesquita, 2016). Similarly, resource advantages of enterprises, uneven resource endowment and absorptive capacity contribute to location of clusters in urban and semi-urban areas.…”

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The determinants of location specific choice: small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries

Banwo

Onokala

2017

J Glob Entrepr Res

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This study adopts a resource-based view to model how location specific-factors among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in coastal environments in developing economies enable them to sustain clusters and contribute to economic growth. Locations of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in determining their survival. SMEs agglomerations are often due to natural resource endowments and types of business climate in their environment. The amoebic nature and economic roles they play have made them the bedrock of the micro economy in most economies. This study contributes to the literature on crosscountry comparison of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Zhenjiang (China) and in Lagos State (Nigeria). The methodology used was mainly literature review and secondary research data from World Bank and data sets from China and Nigeria. The findings highlight an upsurge in research on SMEs in developing countries and how these enterprises have used locationspecific endowments to mitigate their resource limitation predicament. The learning points are envisaged to contribute to strategic growth in international business and foreign investments, knowledge for policy makers and to generate further comparative location studies in developing countries.

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“…Similarly, understanding of how local resources and arbitrage benefits manifest in the performance of specialized activities across diverse locations is also essential for IP. Collective understanding of these help mitigate the challenges of location diversity that may adversely influence IP (Mesquita, 2016). Cognitive mechanisms also help to improve speed and efficiency implications of location diversity on IP.…”

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Managing global value chain triversity and innovation performance using social mechanisms

Bahl

Lahiri

2021

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Scholarly interest in global value chain (GVC) has gained momentum in recent years, yet a comprehensive framework that elucidates how GVC affects an important firm‐level outcome—innovation performance (IP)—is so far elusive. To address this gap, we develop a conceptual framework related to three diversities (activity, governance structure, and partner location) that lead firms in GVC utilize in order to enhance IP. We draw upon the GVC and social capital research to develop the framework. We propose that the three diversities (collectively termed as triversity) have the potential to affect lead firms' IP positively as well as negatively. We further propose that mechanisms related to the three dimensions of social capital (relational, cognitive, and structural) help augment the positive effects and mitigate the negative effects of triversity on IP. This article contributes to the understanding of the relationship between GVC triversity, IP, and social mechanism.

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Location and the Global Advantage of Firms

Cited by 21 publications

References 89 publications

The impact of institutions on the competitive advantage of publicly listed family firms in emerging markets

The impact of institutions on the competitive advantage of publicly listed family firms in emerging markets

The determinants of location specific choice: small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries

Managing global value chain triversity and innovation performance using social mechanisms

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