 Market entry mode and performance: capability alignment and institutional moderationTobias Pehrsson International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2015, vol. 15, issue 4, 508-527 Abstract: The selection of mode of entering a foreign market is a key decision in a firm's internationalisation. Building on the resource-based view, this study examines important antecedents of firm's selection of a wholly-owned subsidiary and collaboration with other firms. Based on analysis of empirical data from Swedish manufacturing firms operating on several foreign markets the study found that: 1) greater market orientation (MO) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) capabilities favour firm's selection of a wholly-owned subsidiary; 2) greater institutional distance between the domestic market and the foreign market favours collaboration with local firms; 3) an entry mode that is aligned with the capabilities and institutional distance is positively associated with firm's performance on the foreign market after the entry phase. Contributions to literature are discussed. Keywords: market entry mode; market orientation; entrepreneurial orientation; institutional theory; post-entry performance; international business; capabilities; capability alignment; institutional moderation; entrepreneurship; resource-based view; RBV; Sweden; manufacturing industry; wholly-owned subsidiaries; domestic markets; collaboration; local firms; firm performance; foreign markets. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbglo:v:15:y:2015:i:4:p:508-527 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Business and Globalisation from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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