Predicting the Diversity of Foreign Entry Modes

38 Pages Posted: 9 Mar 2007

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Niron Hashai

Reichman University - Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah; Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration

Christian Geisler Asmussen

King’s College London; Copenhagen Business School

Gabriel R.G. Benito

BI Norwegian Business School

Björn Preuss

Copenhagen Business School

Date Written: March 6, 2007

Abstract

This paper expands entry mode literature by referring to multiple modes exerted in different value chain activities within and across host markets, rather than to a single entry mode at the host market level. Scale of operations and knowledge intensity are argued to affect firms' entry mode diversity across value chain activities and host markets. Analyzing a sample of Israeli based firms we show that larger firms exhibit a higher degree of entry mode diversity both across value chain activities and across host markets. Higher levels of knowledge intensity are also associated with more diversity in firms' entry modes across both dimensions.

Keywords: foreign entry modes, diversity, value chain activities

JEL Classification: F23

Suggested Citation

Hashai, Niron and Asmussen, Christian Geisler and Garcia Benito, Gabriel Robertstad and Preuss, Björn, Predicting the Diversity of Foreign Entry Modes (March 6, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=969036 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.969036

Niron Hashai (Contact Author)

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Christian Geisler Asmussen

King’s College London ( email )

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Copenhagen Business School ( email )

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Gabriel Robertstad Garcia Benito

BI Norwegian Business School ( email )

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Norway

Björn Preuss

Copenhagen Business School ( email )

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Frederiksberg C, DK - 2000
Denmark