Gröne Foreign Competition and Firm Boundary Dynamics

An Analysis of US and German Firms
2010
ISBN: 978-3-8349-8736-5
Verlag: Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Gabler
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 167 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Strategische Unternehmensentwicklung und Industrietransformation

Florian Gröne provides a systematic assessment of mounting import and FDI pressure's influence on large US and German enterprises and explains how and why firms change their product scope, geographic footprint, and value chain configuration as a result.

Dr. Florian Gröne completed his doctoral studies at the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Chair of Corporate Strategy and Electronic Media Management, Vallendar/Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Thomas Hutzschenreuter. He currently works as a management consultant with a focus on the communications-, Internet/media- and information technology industries.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gröne, Florian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;6
2;Acknowledgements;8
3;Table of Contents;10
4;List of Figures;13
5;List of Tables;14
6;Definitions;15
7;1 Introduction;16
7.1;1.1 Research Context;16
7.2;1.2 Research Focus and Motivation;24
7.3;1.3 Approach and Structure;27
8;2 Produet- and Geographie Boundary Dynamies under Foreign Competition Pressure;31
8.1;2.1 Introduction;32
8.2;2.2 Background;33
8.3;2.3 Theory and Hypotheses;35
8.4;2.4 Research MethodoIogy;44
8.5;2.5 Empirical Results;53
8.6;2.6 Discussion;56
8.7;2.7 Pracrlcal Implicarlons and Conclusion;62
9;3 Vertical Boundary Dynamies under Foreign Competition Pressure;63
9.1;3.1 Introduction;64
9.2;3.2 Background;66
9.3;3.3 Flypotheses;71
9.4;3.4 Research Methodology;75
9.5;3.5 Empirical Results;91
9.6;3.6 Discussion;98
9.7;3.7 Conclusion;105
10;4 Product-, Geographic-, and Vertical Boundary Dynamies, and their Inter-Relationships under Foreign Competition Pressure;106
10.1;4.1 Introduction;106
10.2;4.2 Background and Theory;108
10.3;4.3 Hypotheses;118
10.4;4.4 Methodology;125
10.5;4.5 Empirical Results;134
10.6;4.6 Discussion;142
11;5 Conclusion and Implications for Research and Practice;146
11.1;5.1 Summary;146
11.2;5.2 Foreign Competition: Research Implications;149
11.3;5.3 Firm Boundary Dynamics: Research Implications;152
11.4;5.4 Implications for Management Pracrlce;156
12;Literature;159

Product- and Geographic Boundary Dynamics under Foreign Competition Pressure.- Vertical Boundary Dynamics under Foreign Competition Pressure.- Product-, Geographic-, and Vertical Boundary Dynamics, and their Inter-Relationships under Foreign Competition Pressure.- Conclusion and Implications for Research and Practice.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Florian Gröne completed his doctoral studies at the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Chair of Corporate Strategy and Electronic Media Management, Vallendar/Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Thomas Hutzschenreuter. He currently works as a management consultant with a focus on the communications-, Internet/media- and information technology industries.