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Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008

Jae Kim Orcid Logo, Myropi Garri Orcid Logo, Malcolm Beynon Orcid Logo, David Pickernell Orcid Logo

Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages: 465 - 486

Swansea University Authors: Jae Kim Orcid Logo, David Pickernell Orcid Logo

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This study uses a novel application of panel fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) in the international management field. utilizing a unique database capturing reasons for foreign direct investment (FDI), and state-level location, we explain location decisions of high-technology South K...

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title Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008
spellingShingle Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008
Jae Kim
David Pickernell
title_short Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008
title_full Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008
title_fullStr Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008
title_full_unstemmed Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008
title_sort Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008
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description This study uses a novel application of panel fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) in the international management field. utilizing a unique database capturing reasons for foreign direct investment (FDI), and state-level location, we explain location decisions of high-technology South Korean (henceforth Korean) multinational enterprises (MNEs), when first entering the United States of America (henceforth US), from 1995 until the 2008 financial crisis. Various home country conditions, combined with a desire for technological upgrading, encouraged firms to seek locational advantages. Additionally, rather than assuming FDI to be driven by a single purpose over time, the addition of regional characteristics allows a typology of reasons for Korean FDI to be developed. We show evolving Korean FDI trends in the US with home country and regional perspectives interacting to attract FDI into US states with different characteristics, arguing this is consistent with US policy seeking to attract inward investment to foster economic development.
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