| Author: | Mascarenhas, B. |
| Title: | The founding of specialist firms in a global fragmenting industry |
| Journal: | Journal of International Business Studies
1996 : VOL. 27:1, p. 27-42 |
| Index terms: | DIVERSIFICATION GLOBAL MARKETING RESOURCE ALLOCATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The study examines what drives the founding of specialist firms. Two theoretical explanations are tested for the founding of specialists: density dependence and resource partitioning. The study finds that specialists' foundings are dependent on the population's density at the global level , but not at the United States level. The evidence from a fragmented industry does not support the resource partitioning hypothesis, either at the global level or the United States national level. The study shows how multi-level analyses can suggest if an industry is multi-domestic or globally integrated. |
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