{"title":"The omnipresence of the state and its effect on the internationalization of companies: The Russian variety of state capitalism","authors":"Daria Klishevich , Andrei Panibratov","doi":"10.1016/j.intman.2024.101154","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Abstract</p><p>State capitalism has been a growing phenomenon since the early 2010s. This is especially the case in emerging markets, in which the state plays a viable and strong role. As it has become particularly prominent due to the international activities of stateowned enterprises (SOEs), state capitalism has been widely discussed in the international business literature. Scholars have emphasized the need to explore the various kinds of state capitalism and to advance our knowledge of its influence on the international activities of firms, beyond that it exerts on SOEs. We proposed the concept of state capitalism as embodied by an omnipresent state that influences the internationalization of both state-owned and private firms. Integrating institutional theory and agency theory, we examined the international activities of Russian SOEs and private firms over the 2013-2018 period and found state ownership and political connections to be the two mechanisms by which state capitalism in Russia can negatively affect the internationalization activities of Russian firms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of International Management","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075425324000358","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MANAGEMENT","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
State capitalism has been a growing phenomenon since the early 2010s. This is especially the case in emerging markets, in which the state plays a viable and strong role. As it has become particularly prominent due to the international activities of stateowned enterprises (SOEs), state capitalism has been widely discussed in the international business literature. Scholars have emphasized the need to explore the various kinds of state capitalism and to advance our knowledge of its influence on the international activities of firms, beyond that it exerts on SOEs. We proposed the concept of state capitalism as embodied by an omnipresent state that influences the internationalization of both state-owned and private firms. Integrating institutional theory and agency theory, we examined the international activities of Russian SOEs and private firms over the 2013-2018 period and found state ownership and political connections to be the two mechanisms by which state capitalism in Russia can negatively affect the internationalization activities of Russian firms.
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The Journal of International Management is devoted to advancing an understanding of issues in the management of global enterprises, global management theory, and practice; and providing theoretical and managerial implications useful for the further development of research. It is designed to serve an audience of academic researchers and educators, as well as business professionals, by publishing both theoretical and empirical research relating to international management and strategy issues. JIM publishes theoretical and empirical research addressing international business strategy, comparative and cross-cultural management, risk management, organizational behavior, and human resource management, among others.