Timing of Entry and Foreign Subsidiary Survival

27 Pages Posted: 1 Apr 2002

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Andrew Delios

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Business Policy

Shige Makino

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Management

Abstract

We adopt a two-stage, contingency approach to analyze the relationship between timing of entry and subsidiary survival. We develop and test hypotheses concerning determinants of the timing of entry, and hypotheses about asset-based competitive advantage moderators of timing of entry's influence on subsidiary survival. Our results show that subsidiary survival was positively related to late entry, but the magnitude of this effect was dependent on the assets possessed by the investing firm.

Keywords: FDI, Performance, Japan, foreign investment, Timing of Entry

Suggested Citation

Delios, Andrew and Makino, Shige, Timing of Entry and Foreign Subsidiary Survival. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=305351 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.305351

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