Angulo-Ruiz, FernandoPergelova, AlbenaWei, William Xiaojun2022-11-302022-11-302022Angulo-Ruiz, F., Pergelova, A. and Wei, W.X. (2022), "The influence of motivations on international location choice in least developed, emerging and developed countries: evidence from Chinese MNEs", Chinese Management Studies, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 245-273. https://doi.org/10.1108/CMS-05-2020-0182https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2876This research aims to assess variations of motivations when studying international location decisions. In particular, this study aims to assess the influence of diverse motivations – seeking technology, seeking brand assets, seeking markets, seeking resources and escaping institutional constraints – as determinants of the international location choice of emerging market multinational enterprises (EM MNEs) entering least developed, emerging, and developed countries.enAttribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)emerging marketsleast developed countriesescaping institutional constraintsFDI locationinternationalization motivestechnology seekingbrand asset seekingmarket seekingresource seekingdeveloped economiesArticle Post-Printhttps://doi.org/10.1108/CMS-05-2020-0182