journal of security and sustainability issues

The General
Jonas Žemaitis
Military Academy of Lithuania

University of Salford
A Greater Manchester
University

Ministry of National Defence
Republic of Lithuania

Energy
Security
Center

World Institute for
Engineering and
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Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues www.lka.lt/index.php/lt/217049/
2011, 1(1): 53–62 http://dx.doi.org/10.9770/jssi.2011.1.1(5) FACTORS IMPACTING SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONALIZATION:
A CASE OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANY
Renata Korsakienė1, Aneta Baranauskienė2
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Sauletekio av. 11, 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
E-mail: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Received 18 December 2010; accepted 25 June 2011
Abstract. Presented paper aims to investigate internationalization of multinational company by exploring the main proactive and reactive factors impacting internationalization process. The authors strive to reveal the patterns of internationalization taking into account the aspects of the main theoretical models. The research is based on the main ideas of stage, learning and contingency approaches. The main proactive and reactive factors impacting internationalization process are based on the previous studies. The authors develop a research methodology and discuss main findings of the case study and survey. Results of the empirical investigation allow concluding that internationalization of a multinational company was initiated by several factors, namely environment, market, home and production.
Keywords: Internationalization, Proactive Factors, Reactive Factors, Multinational Companies, Baltic Countries.
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Korsakienė, R.: Baranauskienė, A. 2011. Factors impacting sustainable internationalization: a case of multinational company, Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues
1(1): 53-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.9770/jssi.2011.1.1(5)
JEL Classifications: F20, F23, O14, O30, O33.

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