%0 Journal Article %J Management International Review %D 2002 %T How and why Norwegian MNCs commit resources abroad: Beyond choice of entry mode %A Randøy,T. %A Dibrell,Clay %K Management %K Strategy & Entrepreneurship %X This 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. %B Management International Review %V 42 %P 119-140 %8 2002 %G eng %N 2 %2 a %4 645511168 %$ 645511168