Witold J. Henisz

University of Pennsylvania - Management Department

Associate Professor

The Wharton School

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6370

United States

http://www-management.wharton.upenn.edu/henisz/

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Japanese Firms' Investment Strategies in Emerging Economies

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Apr 2002
Andrew Delios and Witold J. Henisz
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Business Policy and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
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FDI, Political risk, Japan, International

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Politics and Infrastructure Investment

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Aug 2000
Bennet A. Zelner and Witold J. Henisz
Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
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Electricity, Institutional Environment, Investment, Non-Market Strategy, Regulation

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International Coercion, Emulation and Policy Diffusion: Market-Oriented Infrastructure Reforms, 1977-1999

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 21 Jun 2004
Witold J. Henisz, Bennet A. Zelner and Mauro F. Guillen
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
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Privatization, deregulation, liberalization, infrastructure, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, Multileral Institutions, Development, Reform, Globalization, Adoption, International

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Not All Sparks Light a Fire: Stakeholder and Shareholder Reactions to Critical Events in Contested Markets

Administrative Science Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Oct 2016
Sinziana Dorobantu, Witold J. Henisz and Lite Nartey
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
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Social and Political Stakeholders; Collective Mobilization; Critical Mass; Cascade of Stakeholder Reactions; Shareholder Reactions; Critical Events; Contested Markets

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Political Hazards, Experience and Sequential Entry Strategies: The International Expansion of Japanese Firms, 1980-1998

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Apr 2002
Andrew Delios and Witold J. Henisz
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Business Policy and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
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FDI, Political risk, Japan, International

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Uncertainty, Imitation, and Plant Location: Japanese Multinational Corporations, 1990-1996

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Uncertainty, Imitation, and Plant Location: Japanese Multinational Corporations, 1990-1996

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 May 2002
Witold J. Henisz and Andrew Delios
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Business Policy
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FDI, Political risk, Japan, International

Uncertainty, Imitation, and Plant Location: Japanese Multinational Corporations, 1990-1996

Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 46, 2001
Posted: 03 May 2002
Witold J. Henisz and Andrew Delios
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Business Policy

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FDI, Political risk, Japan, International

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Deinstitutionalization and Institutional Replacement: State-Centered and Neo-Liberal Models in the Global Electricity Supply Industry

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3690
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 13 Sep 2005
Witold J. Henisz, Guy L. F. Holburn and Bennet A. Zelner
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department, University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
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Privatization, deregulation, electricity, legitimacy, institutional theory, institution, reform

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Legitimacy, Interest Group Pressures and Institutional Change: The Case of Foreign Investors and Host Country Governments

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Aug 2004
Witold J. Henisz and Bennet A. Zelner
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
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Votes and Vetoes: The Political Determinants of Commercial Openness

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jun 2004
Witold J. Henisz and Edward Mansfield
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Political Science
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Protectionism, openness, veto players, veto points, positive political theory, unemployment, trade

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Interest Groups, Veto Points and Electricity Infrastructure Deployment

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Aug 2004
Witold J. Henisz and Bennet A. Zelner
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
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Electricity, institutional environment, investment, regulation, interest group, state-owned enterprise

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Walking the Talk: Valuing a Multi-Stakeholder Strategy

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2022
Ariel Fromer Babcock, Nathan Barrymore, Christopher Bruno, Allen He, Witold J. Henisz and Xuchong Shao
FCLTGlobal, University of Maryland - R.H. Smith School of Business, The Wharton School, Management Department, FCLTGlobal, University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and University of Pennsylvania, Students
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long term, stakeholder capitalism, stakeholders, investing

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Webs of Influence: Secondary Stakeholder Actions and Cross-National Corporate Social Performance

Organization Science, (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 22 Apr 2020
Kate Odziemkowska and Witold J. Henisz
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
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corporate social responsibility, networks, nonmarket strategy, social movements, stakeholders

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Political Institutions and Policy Volatility

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Apr 2004
Witold J. Henisz
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department
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Resistance to Multilateral Influence on Reform: The Political Backlash Against Private Infrastructure Investments

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3690
Posted: 11 Nov 2005
Witold J. Henisz and Bennet A. Zelner
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

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China, India, USA, Brazil, Indonesia, regional inequality, world inequality

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Legitimacy, Interest Group Pressures and Change in Emergent Institutions: The Case of Foreign Investors and Host Country Governments

Academy of Management Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 22 Jun 2004
Witold J. Henisz and Bennet A. Zelner
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

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Political risk management, infrastructure, deregulation, privatization, private investment

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The Political Economy of Trans-Pacific Business Linkages

Business and Politics, Vol. 6, No. 1
Posted: 22 Jun 2004
Witold J. Henisz
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department

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Protectionism, political institutions, political economy, reform, integration, Latin America, Pacific Rim

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The Institutional Environment for Multinational Investment

Posted: 29 Sep 2000
Witold J. Henisz
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department

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The Institutional Environment for Telecommunications Investment

Posted: 10 Aug 2000
Witold J. Henisz and Bennet A. Zelner
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

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Telecommunications, Institutional Environment, Investment

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The Institutional Environment for Economic Growth

Economics and Politics, Vol. 12, Issue 1, March 2000
Posted: 28 Sep 1999
Witold J. Henisz
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department

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