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Mihai-Vladimir TOPAN

Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

One of the theories widely discussed and used to explain the phenomenon of international production (and of multinational corporations implicitly) is the so-called “eclectic paradigm” put forward by the British author John H. Dunning. In this research note, some aspect of this theory/paradigm will be critically assessed or pointed to: the difficult and elusive jargon; the problematic fundamental classification (ownership, location and internalization advantages – “OLI”) in which the conceptual distinctness of component elements is wanting/missing; quasi-complete elimination of the human intentional factor – which makes the analysis almost mechanical. We will essentially conclude with Itaki (Itaki 1991) that we are rather dealing with taxonomy instead of a theory and with one which raises more problems than it solves.

ŒCONOMICA no. 4/2012

Keywords: international production, multinational corporations, the eclectic paradigm, ownership, location, internalization advantages

JEL: D23, F23, G32, P14, P26

Notă despre John Dunning şi explicaţia eclectică a multinaţionalelor

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