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The Effect of Keiretsu Affiliation and Resource Dependencies On Supplier Firm Performance in the Japanese Automobile Industry

Resource dependence theory was used to develop hypotheses on whether keiretsu affiliation, mutual dependence between the automaker core and supplier firms, and internationalization level of the affiliate firm have an effect on its performance. The hypotheses were tested on archival data from the entire population of 470 first-tier automobile components suppliers in Japan. Results indicate that lower levels of supplier-firm dependencies on the automaker firm and higher levels of automaker firm...

Access to Networks and Commitment to Internationalisation As Precursors to Marketing Strategies in International Markets

The role of networks and international commitment in the formation of internationalization strategies has not yet been explored in international research. The present paper investigates these relationships in a sample of 206 Norwegian exporters. This article suggests that access to networks and commitment play significant roles in the formation of internationalization strategies. Implications for management and research are discussed. Access to networks in international markets impact positiv...

Stage Models Re-Visited: A Measure of the Stage of Internationalisation of a Firm1

This paper presents a scale to measure the stage of internationalization of a firm which depicts export development as an innovation adoption process. A four-stage, multi-item scale ranging from export awareness, interest, trial to adoption is developed. The analysis is based on two independent surveys of Australian wineries. Systematic procedures of scale development are followed including the use of confirmatory factor analysis for scale validation. The four stage model of internationalizat...

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Capital Budgeting and Investment Analysis, by Alan C. Shapiro, is reviewed.

What They Learned From the Crash: A Comparison of Korean Firms' Fdi Before and After the 1997 Financial Crisis

This study examines the effect of the 1997 Asian financial crisis on the foreign direct investment (FDI) activities of Korean firms. It identifies differences in their behavior before and after the crisis and examines the determinants of their FDI in terms of location factors, ownership factors, and strategic factors. The study reveals a drop after the crisis in oligopolistic reactions among chaebols (Korean business conglomerates). It shows that both before and after the crisis, a firm's int...

One of These Things Is Not Like the Others: What Contributes to Dissimilarity Among Mne Subsidiaries' Political Strategy?

The paper studied why multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries adopt dissimilar political strategies, and seek to advance the understanding of international political strategy from an MNE parent-subsidiary perspective. Drawing on the MNE parent-subsidiary literature, the paper contended factors at the subsidiary, corporate, and host country levels contribute to subsidiary political strategy dissimilarity. Hypotheses were tested with a sample of US MNE subsidiaries within Western Europe. Th...