A Study of Enterprise’s Choice of FDI Entry Mode ─Case of Taiwanese Manufacturing Firms Investing in Europe / 企業海外投資進入模式選擇之研究—以台灣製造業廠商赴歐洲投資為例

碩士 / 國立東華大學 / 國際企業學系 / 94 / The purpose of this research is to discuss entry mode strategies and the relation between the entry mode and performance of Taiwanese manufacturing firms investing in Europe. Dunning’s (1973) three constructs (ownership advantages, location advantages and internalization advantages) in his eclectic theory are used in the analytical framework of this research.
The research methodology includes both questionnaire survey and case study. Data of Taiwanese manufacturing firms investing in Europe from “2004 Firm List of Foreign Direct Investment” printed by Taiwan’s Investment Commission, MOEA are used for the survey. A total of 42 valid samples are collected for statistical analysis.
The research finds that business expansion potential, production innovation ability, production and communication flexibility, technological value, technological characteristics have significant and positive effects on the choices of entry mode. However, market risks and communicating costs have significant and negative effects on the choices of entry mode. The research conclusion also shows that the behavioral performance of wholly owned subsidiaries is better than that of joint venture subsidiaries.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/094NDHU5320024
Date January 2006
CreatorsYu-Teng Lin, 林宇騰
ContributorsTimothy. T. Wang, 王廷升
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format124

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