Professor Xinming He xinming.he@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Xinming He xinming.he@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Zhibin Lin zhibin.lin@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Y. Wei
Purpose Exporting firms are concerned with which foreign country to select and the performance consequences of this international market selection (IMS) decision. On the basis of transaction cost analysis (TCA), this paper proposes a conceptual framework that hypothesizes the relationship between transaction cost factors, IMS and export performance. Design/methodology/approach We test the proposed framework with a database of Chinese manufacturing firms using regression models and controlling for possible endogeneity. The endogeneity issue may arise due to IMS being influenced by unobserved industrial/firm attributes. Findings The results show that transaction cost factors are able to explain IMS. Furthermore, firms whose decisions have incorporated transaction cost factors perform significantly better than their rivals. Research limitations/implications Understanding transaction costs helps decision-makers formulate more efficient IMS strategy to achieve superior export performance. Future research on IMS may examine ‘passive exporting’, i.e. exporting initiated by overseas buyers, consider the role of institutional distance and use other approaches towards cultural distance-based IMS. Originality/value This study adds a new theoretical underpinning for IMS by developing a framework based on TCA, thus broadens the applications of TCA into IMS. Our empirical results support this extension.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 14, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | May 9, 2016 |
Publication Date | May 9, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jan 15, 2016 |
Journal | European Journal of Marketing |
Print ISSN | 0309-0566 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 5/6 |
Pages | 916-941 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/ejm-02-2013-0083 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1391438 |
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