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No Strategy is an Island to Itself: China First-Mover and Other FDI Strategies’ Interaction Effects

No Strategy is an Island to Itself: China First-Mover and Other FDI Strategies’ Interaction Effects
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Author(s): Bradley J. Koch (Grand Valley State University, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 19
Source title: Advancing Technologies for Asian Business and Economics: Information Management Developments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Dasho Karma Ura (Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan)and Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0276-2.ch013

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Abstract

The first-mover strategy for foreign investment is examined to determine under what conditions a significant effect exists when it is combined with other foreign investment strategies like partner selection, geographical market focus, joint-venture control, and resource commitment strategies. Using official audited data and survey data from Sichuan, the results reveal that there are significant interaction effects. The interaction effects can eliminate first-mover advantage, create a first-mover effect that previously didn’t exist, or change the direction of the effect. Consequently, the author argues that it is better to analyze strategies as a set that is formed by a series of strategic decisions made by managers as they establish foreign joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries.

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