Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Publication Title
Journal of International Business Studies
Volume
45
Issue
8
First Page
961
Last Page
979
Abstract
We develop a resource security perspective by examining the resources that multinational firms acquire when investing abroad. Firms can acquire resources to increase power and decrease dependence for long-term security (exploration) or acquire resources for relatively shorter-term gains and consumption (exploitation). We find state owned enterprises (SOEs) acquire resources for exploration, and pay more for these resources than non-state owned enterprises (NSOEs). We contribute to the literature by suggesting that long-term resource security is of immediate importance to SOEs and their home countries, that ownership influences resource acquisitions, and investments can be a safeguard for the SOE’s home country’s future.
Recommended Citation
Bass, A. Erin and Chakrabarty, Subrata, "Resource Security: Competition for Global Resources, Strategic Intent, and Governments as Owners" (2014). Marketing and Management Faculty Publications. 3.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/mrktngmngmntfacpub/3
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Comments
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of International Business Studies. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Bass, A. E., & Chakrabarty, S. (2014). Resource security: Competition for global resources, strategic intent, and governments as owners. Journal of International Business Studies, 45(8), 961-979 is available online at: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v45/n8/abs/jibs201428a.html.