International M&A Strategies: The Research in the Context of Emerging Markets
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The study analyzes main theoretical approaches and results of empirical research on international M&A strategies of emerging market firms. Despite intense discussion of the necessity to develop innovative approaches explaining phenomena of global expansion of emerging market firms, there were a few attempts to develop new theories which did not yet get broad implication in international and strategic management literature. Resource-based view, institutional view and Dunning’s OLI paradigm still dominate the field. In this paper we indicate problematic and understudied fields in international M&A strategies research.
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international M&A, emerging markets, theoretical approach, MNE, Russia
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Ermolaeva, L. A., & Panibratov, A. Y. (2018). International M&A Strategies: The Research in the Context of Emerging Markets. Russian Management Journal, 16(1), 109–130. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu18.2018.105
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