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1 Online-Ressource (255 Seiten)
Ausgabe:
First edition
ISBN:
9781787141346
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9781787143050
Inhalt:
Front Cover -- Internationalization of Firms: The Role of Institutional Distance on Location and Entry Mode -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Study Background -- Book Structure -- Definition of Key Terms -- Chapter 1 Institutional Distance: Conceptualization and Measurements -- 1.1 Conceptualization: A Review -- 1.2 Operationalization: A Review -- 1.3 Measurements and Comparisons -- 1.3.1 Data and Methodology -- 1.3.1.1 Data -- 1.3.1.2 Approach 1: Unidimensional distance based on an composite measure creation -- 1.3.1.3 Approach 2: Multidimensional distance -- 1.3.1.4 Comparison of ID measures -- 1.3.2 Informal ID: Results and Discussions -- 1.3.2.1 PCA/FA results for the creation of an informal institutional index -- 1.3.2.2 Descriptive statistics of informal ID measures -- 1.3.2.3 Illustration of informal ID: The Swiss case -- 1.3.3 Formal ID: Results and Discussions -- 1.3.3.1 PCA/FA results for the creation of a formal institutional index -- 1.3.3.2 Descriptive statistics of formal ID measures -- 1.3.3.3 Illustration of formal ID: The Swiss case -- 1.4 Discussion of Results -- Chapter 2 Institutional Distance, Location, and Entry Mode Choice: Theoretical Foundations -- 2.1 Role of Institutional Distance on Location Choice -- 2.1.1 Institutional Distance, Liability of Foreignness, and Internationalization Process -- 2.1.1.1 Definition of foreignness -- 2.1.1.2 Institutional distance, liability of foreignness, and legitimacy concerns -- 2.1.2 Institutional Distance and Learning Process -- 2.1.2.1 The stage approach -- 2.1.2.2 The network approach -- 2.1.3 Institutional Distance versus Institutional Quality -- 2.2 Role of Institutional Distance on Entry Mode Choice -- 2.2.1 Entry Mode Strategies
Inhalt:
2.2.2 Institutional Distance and Firms' Entry Mode Strategies -- 2.2.2.1 Institutional distance and establishment choice -- 2.2.2.2 Institutional distance and ownership choice -- 2.2.3 Factors Reducing the Impact of ID on Entry Mode Choice -- 2.2.3.1 Types of experience -- 2.2.3.2 Networks -- 2.3 Theoretical Hypotheses: A Summary -- Chapter 3 Institutional Distance and Location Choice of Swiss FDI: A Country-Level Analysis -- 3.1 Empirical Models and Methodology -- 3.2 Variables -- 3.2.1 Dependent Variable -- 3.2.2 Key Independent Variables -- 3.2.3 Control Variables -- 3.3 Results -- 3.3.1 Results for Models with Aggregate Measure of ID -- 3.3.2 Results for Models with Individual Dimensions of Informal ID -- 3.4 Sensitivity Analysis -- 3.5 Discussion of Results -- Chapter 4 Institutional Distance, Location, and Entry Mode Choice of Swiss FDI: A Firm-Level Analysis -- 4.1 Methodology -- 4.2 Descriptive Analysis -- 4.2.1 Trends over the Period 2010-2014 -- 4.2.2 Statistics on the Firm's Largest FDI -- 4.3 Econometric Analysis -- 4.3.1 Empirical Models -- 4.3.2 Variables -- 4.3.2.1 Dependent variables -- 4.3.2.2 Key independent variables -- 4.3.2.3 Control variables -- 4.3.3 Results -- 4.3.3.1 Average marginal effects for establishment choice -- 4.3.3.2 Average marginal effects for ownership choice -- 4.3.3.3 Interrelated choice of establishment and ownership -- 4.4 Discussion of Results -- Conclusion -- Appendix A Country-Level Analysis: Results -- Appendix B Firm-Level Analysis: Results -- Appendix C KOF Questionnaire on Internationalization of Swiss Firms, 2014 -- Bibliography -- Index
Inhalt:
This book addresses one of the most important topics scrutinized by the scholars of International Business. Moreover, no studies have been undertaken on the impact of institutional distance on the internationalization choices of Swiss firms
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Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
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