Kishk, I. and Rao-Nicholson, R. (2025) Corporate ownership types and internationalization strategies : The moderating role of home country capitalism. International Business Review. 34(6), pp. 1-30. 0969-5931.
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Abstract:
Despite widespread academic consensus that firm ownership impacts internationalization, there is disagreement on which ownership type increases internationalization. Also, the risk differentials of internationalization strategies need to be considered: sales internationalization (a low-risk strategy) and asset internationalization (a high-risk strategy). Furthermore, home-country capitalism can moderate these relationships – a relationship unexamined in such research. Using a sample of US, Western European, and emerging-market firms, this paper addresses these research gaps. It examines how five different firm-ownership types (government, family, institutional, managerial, and corporate) and home-country capitalism influence internationalization strategies. We find that government ownership reduces sales internationalization. Family and institutional ownership increases sales internationalization, whereas institutional, managerial, and corporate ownership increases asset internationalization. Higher home-country capitalism reduces the impact of institutional and corporate owners on sales internationalization while increasing the impact of all five ownership types on asset internationalization. Our findings have implications for corporate governance and internationalization literature and practice.
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Uncontrolled Keywords:
Ownership types, Internationalization, Government ownership, Family ownership, Institutional ownership, Managerial ownership, Corporate ownership, Home-country capitalism
Creators:
Kishk, I. and Rao-Nicholson, R.
Date:
5 August 2025
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 1-30
Journal or Publication Title:
International Business Review
Volume:
34
Number:
6
Number of Pages:
1020824
Language:
English
ISSN:
0969-5931
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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