Contribution to Book
Unbundling the Institution‐Based View of International Business Strategy
Oxford Handbook of International Business
(2009)
Abstract
Critics suggest that the industry-based view has the five forces framework and the resource-based view converges on the VRIO framework, yet what specific propositions or frameworks does the institution-based view of IB strategy have? This article addresses this important and legitimate question, by identifying and articulating the two core propositions underpinning the institution-based view: (1) individuals and firms act rationally according to formal and informal institutional structures; (2) when formal institutions fail, informal institutions regulate exchange relationships. In other words, this article endeavours to advance the institution-based view of IB strategy by unbundling the broad proposition that ‘institutions matter’. It leverages and extends contemporary research to illustrate the explanatory and predictive power of the two propositions underpinning the institution-based view of IB strategy.
Disciplines
Publication Date
January, 2009
Editor
A. Rugman
Publisher
Oxford University Press
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199234257.003.0010
Citation Information
Mike W. Peng and Theodore A. Khoury. "Unbundling the Institution‐Based View of International Business Strategy" New YorkOxford Handbook of International Business (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/theodore_khoury/12/