A transaction cost approach to a paradox in international marketing
Why do firms that make specific downstream investments as they start international operations, sometimes turn to more market-like arrangements as they gain international experience and their international sales increase? This paradox in international marketing is the key question to be addressed in this article. We use the concept of dynamic or temporary governance costs to examine the paradox. The pattern of internationalization in the Norwegian farmed salmon industry provides an example whereby Norwegian exporters established their own sales offices in several international markets in the early stages of internationalization, but subsequently disintegrated vertically and came to rely on more market-like arrangements. An analysis of the internationalization of this industry suggests that, over time, the market provided better capabilities than vertical integration. This reduced the transaction costs, thus making vertical disintegration an efficient strategy.
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2005
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Authors: | Grønhaug, Kjell ; Haugland, Sven A. |
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Scandinavian Journal of Management. - Elsevier, ISSN 0956-5221. - Vol. 21.2005, 1, p. 61-76
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | Internationalization Disintegration Dynamic governance costs |
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