Knowledge Development and Entry Mode - A Study of Foreign Investment Determinants by Taiwanese Firms

Author

Fong Cher-min ; Nguyen Hoang Linh ; Ho Cheng-ter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Bus. Adm., Nat. Sun Yat Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This study examined an original determinant of entry mode choice, proposed and tested the operationalization for a new theoretical construct, namely corporate culture diversity. Hypotheses were developed on the entry modes in relation to culture diversity at corporate level, a step beyond the conventional theory of how national cultural differences influence entry mode choice. The hypotheses were tested within the framework of organizational learning, using data on 1,156 foreign investment made by Taiwanese firms during 1986-2006.

Keywords

investment; knowledge management; organisational aspects; Taiwanese firms; corporate culture diversity; entry mode; foreign investment determinants; knowledge development; national cultural differences; organizational learning; Cultural differences; Engineering management; Frequency; Industrial engineering; International collaboration; Investments; Joining processes; Knowledge management; Sun; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4638-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4639-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5305497

Filename

5305497