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Business politics as a causal mechanism shaping uneven regional development across Romania’s automotive industry

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We develop and deploy a business politics lens to examine the mechanisms and processes of negotiation through which multinational enterprises (MNEs) and various host country actors interact, leading to different regional trajectories of economic development. We assess two contrasting lead firms from differing home country contexts investing in the automotive industry in Romania, operating in two regions with distinct historical-spatial industrial organization and economic development. We advance a contribution on business politics as dynamic, relational, multi-scalar, and influenced by varied conjunctural factors—historical, geographical, political, institutional, and firm-driven—exposing how MNEs and territorial actors co-shape distinct processes of international economic (dis)integration.

Source: Journal of Economic Geography

DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbae051

Authors: Ioana Jipa-Muşat, Liam Campling, Martha Prevezer

Institutions: Royal Holloway University of London, Queen Mary University of London

Language: English

Topic: International Business and FDI

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,664