Foreign Firms and Immigrants
Episode Description
📂 Management 🏷️ Research
Brief Summary
Immigrants significantly influence firm location choices and investment success, providing essential knowledge and networks for internationalization.
Key points
- The Impact of Immigrants on Business. Research shows immigrants significantly influence firms' location choices and investment success.
- Honda's Strategic Move. Honda's entry into California was largely influenced by the Japanese diaspora.
- Pollo Campero's Growth Story. The fastest growing fast food chain in the U.S. is from Guatemala, leveraging the Hispanic diaspora.
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Episode highlights
- The Impact of Immigrants on BusinessResearch shows immigrants significantly influence firms' location choices and investment success.“Immigrants have a strong predictor of the likelihood of success.”1:32May 13, 2014
- Honda's Strategic MoveHonda's entry into California was largely influenced by the Japanese diaspora.“The managers talked about the Japanese diaspora that was there in California.”4:38May 13, 2014
- Pollo Campero's Growth StoryThe fastest growing fast food chain in the U.S. is from Guatemala, leveraging the Hispanic diaspora.“Pollo Campero has broken records in terms of growth and sales.”5:35May 13, 2014
Tension
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