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Measuring corporate internationalisation

A review of measurement concepts and their use

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Intereconomics

Abstract

Measures of corporate internationalisation have gained crucial importance in the recent debate on globalisation, since many scholars link globalisation to a quantitative increase in the international activities of firms. Opinions on the extent of this increase differ widely, however, depending on what measurement concept is used. As there is no universally applicable measurement concept, researchers face the difficult task of bringing research questions, measurement concepts and data availability into line.

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For useful comments the author would like to thank Douglas van den Berghe (University of Rotterdam), Dieter Plehwe (WZE), Stefano Vescovi (WZB) and Michael Wortmann (FAST e.V., Berlin). An earlier draft of this paper was presented at the workshop “Dimensionen der Internationalisierung von Unternehmen” at the Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Cologne 16th/17th December 1999.

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Dörrenbächer, C. Measuring corporate internationalisation. Intereconomics 35, 119–126 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927197

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