ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book presents a unique perspective on interspatial relations and the regional embeddedness that characterise cross-border investments. It suggests that it is necessary to apply an analytic lens that considers more than the single firm only, because numerous actors are involved in cross-border investments: there are top managers who define strategic aims linked to long-term corporate goals. The book illustrates how the different actors perceive, produce and reproduce the relations between the cross-border investments and their local environments; how they approach different actors or distance themselves; and how they use economic, political and other opportunities to overcome challenges. The book also illustrates that cross-border investments typically act in specific settings of perceived sociocultural proximity/distance and organisational identity/separation that go along with specific opportunities and challenges for the company, thereby causing the need to constantly find new balances between interspace and regional embeddedness.
