Publication: Bilateral FTAs and internationalisation adjustments.
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2011
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Mahidol University
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Palgrave Macmillan
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Asian Business and Management. Vol.10, No. 4 (2011), 555-578
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Nipawan Thirawat, Robins, F., Georges Baume Bilateral FTAs and internationalisation adjustments.. Asian Business and Management. Vol.10, No. 4 (2011), 555-578. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/10497
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Bilateral FTAs and internationalisation adjustments.
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This article investigates and analyses internationalisation adjustments of Thai
multinational enterprises (MNEs). It is based on 10 case studies of Thai MNEs in the food-processing sector. The results highlight how bilateral FTAs can influence developing-country MNEs, based on a micro-level analysis. The empirical evidence indicates that Thai MNEs, in order to internationalise successfully, responded to FTAs by developing towards hybrid competitive strategies. These findings are integrated into a single conceptual framework for analysing the influence of bilateral FTAs on firms internationalisation. This offers a basis for further empirical investigation of the dynamics of internationalisation by firms based in emerging economies.