Entry Mode Choice: A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents and Outcomes

Chenxi Wan (), Carlos M. P. Sousa (), Jorge Lengler () and Qun Tan ()
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Chenxi Wan: Durham University Business School, Durham University
Carlos M. P. Sousa: Molde University College - Specialized University in Logistics
Jorge Lengler: Durham University Business School, Durham University
Qun Tan: Xiamen University

Management International Review, 2023, vol. 63, issue 2, No 1, 193-246

Abstract: Abstract The entry mode decision is a critical topic in international business. Several studies have tested the antecedents of entry mode choices and compared the outcomes after entry. However, the results reported in these studies are contradictory and difficult to explain. Furthermore, the reviews using qualitative approaches cannot statistically combine empirical results and fail to fully discuss these relationships. Additionally, the mediating effects remain unexamined in the existing studies. Drawing upon transaction cost economics and the resource-based view, this paper presents a meta-analysis that combines entry mode choices, antecedents and post-entry outcomes to address these issues. This meta-analysis is based on 1499 effect sizes from 230 published empirical studies. This study focuses on 15 antecedents as well as post-entry performance and survival of entry mode choices. In addition to bivariate relationships (i.e. how a single antecedent affects entry mode choices), the paper uses meta-analytic structural equation modelling to analyse the mediating effects of entry mode choices on the antecedent - outcome relationship.

Keywords: Meta-analysis; Ownership mode choice; Establishment mode choice; Post-entry outcome (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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