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This article reviews some of the criticisms directed towards the eclectic paradigm of international production over the past decade, and restates its main tenets. The second part of the article considers a number of possible extensions of the paradigm and concludes by asserting that it remains “a robust general framework for explaining and analysing not only the economic rationale of economic production but many organisational and impact issues in relation to MNE activity as well.”
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*John H. Dunning is currently Seth Boyden Distinguished Professor of International Business at Rutgers University. On return to the University of Reading in 1988, he will take up an ICI Research Professorship in International Business.
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Dunning, J. The Eclectic Paradigm of International Production: A Restatement and Some Possible Extensions. J Int Bus Stud 19, 1–31 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490372
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490372