International Entry Mode Choice by U.S. and Japanese MNCs: A Cross-cultural Assessment of the Transaction Cost Analysis Framework
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1998
Publication Title
Thunderbird International Business Review
First Page
359
Last Page
412
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tie.4270400405
Abstract
A large scale survey of top US and Japanese executives is conducted in order to assess the power of transaction cost economics (TCE) in explaining a firm's choice of entry mode (e.g., joint venture vs. full ownership) when it enters a foreign market. Results suggest that several TCE tenets are useful in explaining US firms' choice of entry mode. However, TCE predictions were not supported by the entry mode choices of Japanese firms. Implications of these findings for researchers and managers are discussed.
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Taylor, Charles R.; Zho, Shaoming; and Osland, Gregory E., "International Entry Mode Choice by U.S. and Japanese MNCs: A Cross-cultural Assessment of the Transaction Cost Analysis Framework" (1998). Scholarship and Professional Work - Business. 232.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cob_papers/232
