View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-202011101212-en.html]   _in cooperation with _ [Research Centre International Economics (FIW)] [http://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=1&L=3] Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: WEBINAR: MULTINATIONAL FIRMS' PACE OF EXPANSION WITHIN HOST COUNTRIES: HOW HIGH RATES OF PRO-MARKET REFORM HAMPER THE LOCAL EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN EXPANSION KNOWLEDGE THOMAS LINDNER PhD, MIM, BSc, Vera Kunczer, M.Sc. (both Vienna University of Economics and Business)   WEDNESDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2020, 3:00 PM (15:00 CET) Online event - See registration link below FIW-wiiw Seminars in International Economics [https://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html]   _The presentation is based on a publication with the same title. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2019.100703]  _ Although increases in corporate ownership positions in foreign markets occur frequently, the factors that determine how quickly such increases occur are underexplored. Combining international business research on experiential learning, knowledge recombination, and pro-market reform, we hypothesize that a firm's international experience with ownership increases has a positive effect on the pace at which the firm implements an ownership increase in a host country, but that this effect is weaker during periods of quicker pro-market reform in the country. We find support for our hypotheses in an analysis of Austrian firms expanding in Central and Eastern Europe, suggesting that, rather than merely being beneficial to foreign investors, pro-market reform also poses a challenge to them. _Paper and presentation, when available, are posted online after the seminar._ REGISTRATION LINK: https://my.demio.com/ref/TZ8Rbsq9f145Jd2Q The participation link will be sent to you immediately after registration.   Best regards, Olga Pindyuk [https://wiiw.ac.at/olga-pindyuk-s-21.html] _Organiser_            Robert Stehrer [https://wiiw.ac.at/robert-stehrer-s-16.html] _Scientific Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw@wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [https://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [https://www.twitter.com/wiiw_ac_at] [https://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic...] [https://www.youtube.com/c/wiiwacat] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2020 wiiw, all rights reserved.