Management Papers

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

10-2008

Publication Source

Strategic Management Journal

Volume

29

Issue

10

Start Page

1097

Last Page

1115

DOI

10.1002/smj.692

Abstract

We argue that firms in regulated industries react to macroeconomic and policy risks in sharply different ways. While they seek to avoid countries with high levels of macroeconomic uncertainty, we predict that they find it more attractive to expand into countries characterized by governments with discretionary policymaking capacities so as to be able to negotiate favorable conditions of entry. We also argue that firms are heterogeneous in their attitudes toward risk. We predict that firms in which the state holds a partial equity stake exhibit a more tolerant attitude. We also expect that as firms accumulate foreign experience, they develop an aversion toward further foreign entries into politically unstable markets. Support for these predictions is provided by an analysis of the Latin American market entries of all listed Spanish firms in regulated industries between 1987 and 2000.

Copyright/Permission Statement

This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [García-Canal, E. & Guillén, M.F. Risk and Strategy of Foreign Location Choice in Regulated Industries. Strategic Management Journal 29, no. 10: 1097-1115], which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.692.

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Keywords

policy risk, foreign location choice, political strategy, regulated industries

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Date Posted: 25 October 2018

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