Nation as a Context for Strategy: The Effects of National Characteristics on Business-Level Strategies
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in: Management International Review, Jahrgang 32, Nr. 2, 1992, S. 103-113.
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T1 - Nation as a Context for Strategy
T2 - The Effects of National Characteristics on Business-Level Strategies
AU - McKinley, William
AU - Huo, Y. Paul
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - This paper identifies several national characteristics that favor or discourage the use of three generic business-level strategies described by Porter (1980, 1985). Drawing on previous research and our own theoretical arguments, we generate specific hypotheses about the effects of the national characteristics - demographic heterogeneity, per capita income, and skill level of a nation's labor force - on the business- evel strategies. Suggestions are made for measuring the national characteristics and business strategies that form the components of our hypotheses. In addition, general guidelines for the design of empirical research on this topic are presented. Finally, the implications of this national-characteristics-based approach for theoretical development in international management are discussed.
AB - This paper identifies several national characteristics that favor or discourage the use of three generic business-level strategies described by Porter (1980, 1985). Drawing on previous research and our own theoretical arguments, we generate specific hypotheses about the effects of the national characteristics - demographic heterogeneity, per capita income, and skill level of a nation's labor force - on the business- evel strategies. Suggestions are made for measuring the national characteristics and business strategies that form the components of our hypotheses. In addition, general guidelines for the design of empirical research on this topic are presented. Finally, the implications of this national-characteristics-based approach for theoretical development in international management are discussed.
KW - Management studies
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 32
SP - 103
EP - 113
JO - Management International Review
JF - Management International Review
SN - 0938-8249
IS - 2
ER -