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Purpose – Design/Methodology/approach – Drawing on multiple case study approach, this study explores specifically four Nigerian firms from different sector to provide insight into the motivation of location path of Nigerian firms’ internationalisation process Paper type: Research Originality/Value Keywords: Internationalisation, Nigerian firms, multinational firms, internationalisation process, motivations and path Paper type Literature Review/Research paper 1. Introduction The study…

1. Introduction The study of the internationalisation process of emerging market multinationals (EMNCs) has gained prominence in the last two decades, this is as a result of the economic growth and transformation witnessed among the emerging markets (EM) in the period. The internationalisation phenomena have resulted in a surge of interest from international business (IB) scholars (Athreye & Kapur, 2009; Hoskisson, Eden, Lau, & Wright, 2000; Hoskisson, Wright, Filatotchev, & Peng, 2013;…

Starting with “Negro English” or “Black Speech”, these were the first denominations that African American English had. It has to do with the period of time to which they belonged, as at this time colored people would be also designated as “Negro”. It has also been labeled as “Black communication”, which makes more sense than the other two as, at least, this label is referring to the communication patterns, or the communication features, that could be found in the black speech. Also following the…