HARZING, Anne-Wil

Acquisitions versus greenfield investments : international strategy and management of entry modes - 2002

This paper adds an important explanatory variable to the well-established list of factors shown to influence the choice between foreign acquisitions and greenfield investments: the international strategy followed by the multinational company (MNC) in question. The MNC's international strategy is subsequently linked to the management of the two different entry modes by showing that differences in strategy are reflected in different headquarters-subsidiary relationships for acquisitions and greefields. Some aspects of this relationships are also shown to change over time, a process that is mediated by the MNC's strategy


Compra
Greenfield
International Strategy
Entry Mode