Foreign Competition and Firm Boundary Dynamics An Analysis of US and German Firms /

• Main Author: Gröne, Florian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2010.
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Leadership.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Business and Management, general.

Large firms develop strategies in the context of increasingly intense international competition. However, the impact of foreign competition on firm boundaries has received surprisingly little research attention to date. Florian Gröne provides a systematic assessment of mounting import and FDI pressu...

Table of Contents:

• Product- and Geographic Boundary Dynamics under Foreign Competition Pressure
• Vertical Boundary Dynamics under Foreign Competition Pressure
• Product-, Geographic-, and Vertical Boundary Dynamics, and their Inter-Relationships under Foreign Competition Pressure
• Conclusion and Implications for Research and Practice.