The origins of the international competitiveness of firms: the impact of location and ownership in professional service industries
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| adam_text | Contents
List of figures x
List of tables xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 A search for the origins of the international competitiveness
of firms
1.2 The choice of professional services and the theoretical
foundations 4
1.3 Methodological issues 8
1.4 Outline of the study 9
2 The national origin of the ownership advantages of firms:
advertising agencies in the USA, the UK and France 13
2.1 The evolution of the concept of ownership advantages and
its national origin 13
2.2 Research questions: the similarity of ownership advantages
across countries 20
2.3 The choice of advertising 23
2.4 Ownership advantages in advertising 25
2.5 Parameters of ownership advantages in advertising 30
2.6 Methodology 48
2.7 Statistical analysis 50
2.8 Conclusion and possible extensions 56
3 The impact of home countries on the ownership advantages of
firms: an examination of the advertising industry 58
3.1 Home countries and ownership advantages of firms 58
3.2 Home countries and ownership advantages of advertising
agencies °
3.3 Research questions ^
3.4 Home country characteristics which affect the ownership
advantages of advertising agencies 70
3.5 Methodology 81
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viii Contents
3.6 Statistical analysis 82 ,
3.7 Summary 94
4 Ownership advantages and competitiveness: a link tested on
advertising agencies in the USA, the UK and France 95
4.1 The link between ownership advantages and competitiveness: ;
a priori expectations 95
4.2 Methodology 101
4.3 The link between ownership advantages and competitiveness:
empirical evidence 102
5 The strength and sustainability of the impact of home countries
on the competitiveness of firms: a comparative analysis of
professional service industries 107
5.1 Home country patterns in professional service industries 107
5.2 The explanatory power of location advantages of home
countries and ownership advantages of firms for country
patterns in professional service industries 115
5.3 Methodology 116
5.4 Statistical analysis 120
5.5 Summary and further suggestions 131
6 The impact of home versus foreign countries on the
competitiveness of firms: a study of Swedish engineering
consulting firms 133
6.1 Home versus foreign impact on the competitiveness of firms 134
6.2 The choice of engineering consulting 135
6.3 Research questions 136
6.4 Home versus foreign characteristics in engineering consulting 141
6.5 Methodology 148
6.6 Statistical analysis 151
6.7 Summary and conclusions 159
7 FDI and the impact of home countries on the competitiveness
of firms: an examination of US professional service industries 161
7.1 Inward and outward FDI and the advantages of countries and
firms 162
7.2 Statistical analysis 165
7.3 Conclusion and possible generalizations 171
Contents ix
8 The limitations of the impact of home countries on the
competitiveness of firms and the role of individual firms: a
comparison between Danish and UK management consulting
firms 174
8.1 Market conditions in Denmark and the competitiveness of
Danish professional service firms: a contradiction to be
explained 176
8.2 The choice of management consulting 177
8.3 The utilization of home country resources and the
international competitiveness of management consulting firms 178
8.4 Methodology 185
8.5 Statistical analysis 187
8.6 Conclusion and some theoretical implications of the findings 198
9 Conclusions 200
9.1 The origins of the international competitiveness of firms 200
9.2 The way forward: some suggestions 204
9.3 Implications of the study for firms and governments 208
References 211
Index 235
Figure
7.1 FDI and the link between the location advantages of countries
and the ownership advantages of firms 163
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Tables
1.1 Comparison of characteristics of manufacturing, consumer
service and professional service industries 6
2.1 International transactions of US advertising agencies 29
2.2 Ownership advantages of advertising agencies 46
2.3 Correlation between ownership advantages 47
2.4 Variation of ownership advantages 51
2.5 International activity of US, UK and French advertising
agencies 53
2.6 Variation of ownership advantages among advertising agencies 55
3.1 The link between ownership advantages and home country
characteristics in advertising 71
3.2 US manufacturing and advertising affiliates established abroad,
1915 67 78
3.3 Home country characteristics which may give rise to ownership
advantages in advertising 80
3.4 Location advantages in advertising, selected countries, 1988,
1983, 1973 83
3.5 National origin of the world top 50 advertising agencies, 1977,
1993 86
3.6 Market power of US agencies in the UK, 1950 87 91
4.1 Stages in the competitive process 97
4.2 Correlation between growth, profitability and multinationality 100
4.3 Variation of ownership advantages among advertising agencies,
by level of performance 102
4.4 Variation of ownership advantages among advertising agencies,
by growth rates ^3
4.5 Variation of ownership advantages among advertising agencies,
by level of multinationality 10^
4.6 The explanatory power of ownership advantages for
international competitiveness of advertising agencies 106
5.1 National distribution of the top TNCs in advertising,
management consulting, engineering consulting accounting and
law, 1977 96 108
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xii List of tables
5.2 Abundance of qualified employees, advertising, management
consulting, engineering consulting and law, 1980 93 121
5.3 Size of home countries, management consulting, engineering
consulting, accounting and law, 1987 94 122
5.4 Historical development of domestic demand, advertising,
management consulting, engineering consulting, accounting and
law 123
5.5 Internationalization of home clients, advertising, management
consulting, engineering consulting, accounting and law 124
5.6 Ownership advantages of the leading firms worldwide 125
5.7 The explanatoryjower of the ownership advantages of firms and
the location advantages of home countries for country patterns
in professional service industries 130
6.1 Location advantages in engineering consulting 148
6.2 The explanatory power of Swedish versus foreign countries for
the international competitiveness of Swedish engineering
consulting firms 152
6.3 The effect of foreign countries on the competitiveness of
engineering consulting firms, by level of international activity 156
6.4 The effect of foreign countries at various levels of psychic
distance from Sweden on the competitiveness of Swedish
engineering consulting firms 158
7.1 Inward and outward US FDI in advertising, management
consulting, engineering consulting, accounting and law,
1980 94 166
7.2 FDI and the impact of home countries on the competitiveness of
firms 171
8.1 Strategic use of home country resources as possible determinant
of international competitiveness of management consulting
firms 185
8.2 Country characteristics related to ownership advantages of
management consulting firms, Denmark and the UK, 1970 90 188
8.3 Strategic utilization of country conditions, UK and Danish
management consulting firms 191
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