Change in domestic network centrality, uncertainty, and the foreign divestment decisions of firms

We investigate the role of domestic interfirm networks for the foreign divestment decisions of firms. We argue that firms’ foreign operations risk being divested when a firm becomes more central in its domestic network. Positive changes in firm centrality at home facilitate access to information about new business opportunities, but they may also lead firms to consider reconfiguring their value chain activities and resources across locations....