Foreign Competition and Firm Boundary Dynamics (eBook)

Dr. Florian Gröne completed his doctoral studies at the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Chair of Corporate Strategy and Electronic Media Management, Vallendar/Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Thomas Hutzschenreuter. He currently works as a management consultant with a focus on the communications-, Internet/media- and information technology industries.

Foreword 6
Acknowledgements 8
Table of Contents 10
List of Figures 13
List of Tables 14
Definitions 15
1 Introduction 16
1.1 Research Context 16
1.2 Research Focus and Motivation 24
1.3 Approach and Structure 27
2 Produet- and Geographie Boundary Dynamies under Foreign Competition Pressure 31
2.1 Introduction 32
2.2 Background 33
2.3 Theory and Hypotheses 35
2.4 Research MethodoIogy 44
2.5 Empirical Results 53
2.6 Discussion 56
2.7 Pracrlcal Implicarlons and Conclusion 62
3 Vertical Boundary Dynamies under Foreign Competition Pressure 63
3.1 Introduction 64
3.2 Background 66
3.3 Flypotheses 71
3.4 Research Methodology 75
3.5 Empirical Results 91
3.6 Discussion 98
3.7 Conclusion 105
4 Product-, Geographic-, and Vertical Boundary Dynamies, and their Inter-Relationships under Foreign Competition Pressure 106
4.1 Introduction 106
4.2 Background and Theory 108
4.3 Hypotheses 118
4.4 Methodology 125
4.5 Empirical Results 134
4.6 Discussion 142
5 Conclusion and Implications for Research and Practice 146
5.1 Summary 146
5.2 Foreign Competition: Research Implications 149
5.3 Firm Boundary Dynamics: Research Implications 152
5.4 Implications for Management Pracrlce 156
Literature 159