 Essay Task
Critically discuss how institutions influence Multinational Enterprises’ choices for their international
operations and strategies.
 Instructions:
 The work should demonstrate critical analysis and evaluation.
 There should be an evidence of a wide reading to demonstrate your understanding of
the theoretical underpinnings of your discussion (i.e. institutional theory, the meaning
and the different types of institutions, the impact of different types of institutions on
MNEs’ decisions and options etc).
 You can focus on one aspect related to the operations of MNEs (such as FDI location,
foreign market entry modes, etc) and then study the impact of institutions on this
aspect/s. Instead, you can talk broadly about the impact of institutions on MNEs’
choices and strategies and use aspects of their operations as examples.
 Few references are given below, but this is not an exhaustive list, you need to do your
own literature review.
 Please take care on the presentation of your submission. Appendices should be used
for essential information only and should be clearly referenced in the text.
 Penalties will apply for exceeding word count.
 Presentation:
 Document type: Microsoft Word
 Font size: 12
 Font: Times New Roman
 Spacing: 1.5 / Auto – Auto – Justified
 Font size for the title: 14