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This book reflects the challenges in utility industries and provides solutions from a managerial perspective. It features insights from managers, researchers, professionals in utility-related banking, consulting, and public and supranational organizations.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to summarize theoretical insights about key antecedents of multinational enterprise (MNE) performance and to review and synthesize empirically researched antecedents of MNE performance.Design/methodology/approachDominant strategic management approaches to explaining the performance of firms in general are the market‐based view and the resource‐based view. The dominant theory of the MNE from the field of international business is internalization theory. Integrating these three perspectives, this paper elaborates where key antecedents of MNE performance can be expected. Furthermore, this paper reviews empirical research on antecedents of MNE performance published in three top business journals of major importance to the field of international business between 1976 and 2010, thereby synthesizing the most widely accepted knowledge about antecedents of MNE performance.FindingsThe paper reveals that theory suggests that key antecedents of MNE performance can be expected at the industry, country, and firm levels. Empirical research, however, hardly offers insights concerning antecedents at these three levels of analysis. Instead, empirical studies have predominantly focused on the intermediate variable of multinationality.Originality/valuePrevious research on antecedents of MNE performance has, by and large, been blinded by the obvious: multinationality has been researched innumerable times, without considering essential theories regarding performance and the MNE. This paper points out that there is much promise in going back to fundamental theories regarding performance and the MNE in order to advance our understanding of key antecedents of MNE performance.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Concept of Evidence -- Evidence-Based Medicine as an Example -- What is Evidence in Entrepreneurship? -- Meta-Analysis -- The Usefulness of Meta-analyses and Systematic Reviews --- Comparison to Narrative Reviews -- An Example: Meta-analyses and Narrative Reviews in the Area of Personality and Entrepreneurship -- How to Conduct and Interpret Meta-analyses in the Field of Entrepreneurship -- Examples of Meta-analyses in Entrepreneurship Research -- Bridging the Knowledge-Doing Gap: How can Knowledge be Made Actionable? -- Action Principles and the Use of Implementation Manuals -- Translating Knowledge Into Practice:Using Evidence as Entrepreneur -- Translating Knowledge Into Practice:Using Evidence as A Policy Maker -- Limitations -- Conclusion and Implications forEntrepreneurship Research and Practice -- Acknowledgments -- References.