A Communication‐Based Theory of the Choice between Greenfield and Acquisition Entry

By Arjen HL Slangen. 2011

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Subfields: Accounting, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management

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Why and how does shared language affect subsidiary knowledge inflows? A social identity perspective (2015, unknown): “Finally, compared with foreign greenfields we expect the ability- and motivation-related mediators to be more salient in foreign acquisitions becausemanagers in these units will have less previous knowledge of and feel less socially integrated with HQ (Gupta & Govindarajan, 2000; Stahl & Voigt,…”
The effects of linguistic distance and lingua franca proficiency on the stake taken by acquirers in cross-border acquisitions (2015, methodology): “…Acquirer and Target (H2): To measure the English proficiency of the acquirer and of the target, and the difference in English proficiency between them, we followed Slangen (2011) and used scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) published by Educational Testing Services (ETS).”
Knowledge transfer in multinational corporations: Productive and counterproductive effects of language-sensitive recruitment (2014, background): “Theoretically, Slangen (2011) has argued that language barriers hindering MNC knowledge transfer consist of two components: native and foreign language barriers.”
Foreign market entry mode choice of small and medium-sized enterprises: A systematic review and future research agenda (2014, methodology): “Furthermore, we controlled for the host market size, because extant research has identified host market size to be an important factor in the choice of modes of foreign entry (Barkema & Vermeulen, 1998; Slangen, 2011).”