Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of a firm's strategy to invest in a conflict location. To the best of our knowledge, this has not been done before. We examine this using a standard model of international business, overlaid with the fundamental approach to corporate social responsibility. We start with the population of multinationals who have chosen to invest in low income countries with weak institutions. We then split this sample in order to distinguish between firms that have invested in conflict regions compared to those that have not. Our analysis then proceeds to explain the decision of those firms to invest in conflict locations using a simple Probit model. We find that countries with weaker institutions and less concern about corporate social responsibility (CSR) are more likely to invest in conflict regions. Finally, firms with more concentrated ownership are more likely to invest in such locations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 140–155 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | International Business Review |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2013 |
Bibliographical note
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International business review. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Driffield, N, Jones, C & Crotty, J, 'International business research and risky investments, an analysis of FDI in conflict zones' International business review, vol 22, no. 1 (2013) DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2012.03.001Keywords
- conflict
- corporate social responsibility
- FDI
- institutions