Bringing managers' decision models into FDI research

Abstract

This chapter presents a structure within which to think about incorporating managerial decision models and managers' decisions into management research in general and foreign direct investment research more specifically. The thinking builds on Aharoni's initial research in The Foreign Investment Decision Process (1966) while incorporating his most recent call to action around the behavioral models of managers in “Behavioral Elements in Foreign Direct Investment” (2010).

Citation

Devinney, T.M. (2011), "Bringing managers' decision models into FDI research", Ramamurti, R. and Hashai, N. (Ed.) The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise (Research in Global Strategic Management, Vol. 15), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 61-83. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1064-4857(2011)0000015009