An investigative analysis of the factors influencing degree of involvement in a foreign market

Maktoba Omar () and Collins Osei ()
Additional contact information
Maktoba Omar: Marketing Strategy, School of Marketing, Tourism and Languages, Edinburgh Napier University, The Business School, Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ United Kingdom.
Collins Osei: Marketing Strategy, School of Marketing, Tourism and Languages, Edinburgh Napier University, The Business School, Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ United Kingdom.

Transnational Marketing Journal, 2015, vol. 3, issue 1, 45-60

Abstract: This paper focuses on factors that influence the degree of involvement in foreign markets. Using survey method, the research data was obtained from 112 usable responses from a sample of 500 UK companies which operate in at least two other countries. This represents a usable response rate of 22.4%, and consistent with similar research. The variables are grouped in terms of firm context (competition, organisation structure, competitive advantages, degree of standardisation) and host country context (economic development, culture differences, regulation, political risk). Regression models are used to test the relationship between the independent variables and the degree of involvement. Findings strongly indicate a positive relationship between the degree of foreign market involvement and the level of competition and the degree of foreign market involvement and competitive advantage. Findings weakly support the hypothesis of a positive relationship between the degree of foreign market involvement and economic development. There is weaker evidence to show a negative relationship between the degree of foreign market involvement and the cultural dimensions of individualism and power distance as proposed by Hofstede

Keywords: Foreign markets; degree of involvement; firm context; competitive advantage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journal.tplondon.com/index.php/tmj/article/viewFile/511/402 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mig:tmjrnl:v:3:y:2015:i:1:p:45-60

Access Statistics for this article

Transnational Marketing Journal is currently edited by TBC

More articles in Transnational Marketing Journal from Oxbridge Publishing House, UK
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Oxbridge Publishing House ().