01113nas a2200169   4500008004100000245008400041210006900125260000900194300001200203490000700215520052000222653001500742653003200757100001600789700001800805856012000823       2002                        eng d00aHow and why Norwegian MNCs commit resources abroad: Beyond choice of entry mode0 aHow and why Norwegian MNCs commit resources abroad Beyond choice  c2002  a119-1400 v423 aThis study provides a model of MNC's commitment of resources in foreign countries. The results suggest that the strategic motives are important to MNC's decisions. * The data is based on Norwegian MNC's activities in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Japan, and the United States. Key Results * This research reveals how and why firm-specific, location-specific, and transaction-specific variables need to be supplemented by strategic factors to fully understand MNC's resource commitments abroad.10aManagement10aStrategy & Entrepreneurship1 aRandøy, T.1 aDibrell, Clay  u/biblio/how-and-why-norwegian-mncs-commit-resources-abroad-beyond-choice-entry-mode