Domestic Competitive Position and Export Strategy of Japanese Manufacturing Firms: 1971--1985

Kiyohiko Ito
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Kiyohiko Ito: School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1323

Management Science, 1997, vol. 43, issue 5, 610-622

Abstract: This paper analyzes Japanese manufacturing firms' export behavior and their performance. In a slow growth era, leading firms' and minor firms' export ratio tended to be less than that of follower (medium market share) firms in the same industry; there appears to be an inverted-U shape between export ratio and relative size of firms. An affiliation with a large industrial group has no positive relationship with export ratio, while other firm-specific factors do not show consistent relationships with it in the years 1971 to 1985. Exports and firm performance do not have a positive relationship. Competitive environment in the domestic market is related to the export strategy of Japanese firms.

Keywords: domestic competition; market share; export (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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