Reputation as a Mechanism Alleviating Opportunistic Host Government Behavior Against MNEs
研究在信息不对称的动态世界中，东道国政府如何通过建立声誉来缓解其机会主义行为，从而为跨国企业投资创造更安全的环境。
The strategic options available to multinational enterprises and host governments, when the first contemplate investment in the latter's country, are marked by the possibility that no entry eventually will take place as a response to opportunistic behavior on the part of th e host government. This article examines under which circumstances and how, in a dynamic world with asymmetric information, reputation building by the host government can credibly alleviate this opportunistic behavior, leaving a safer climate for multinational enterprises investment. Copyright 1993 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.