Learning Styles Inventory Essay

Taking the Learning Styles Inventory Test was an insightful, informational, and introspective experience as a whole. It measures seven areas of standards or measure that clearly define an individual’s behavioral approach on learning – the visual, social, physical, aural, verbal, solitary, and logical learning styles. Each question within the test inquires about an individual’s leaning or inclination to harboring the outcomes of learning from each means or scenario indicated. The questions provide a learning situation where one will determine how he identifies with it, and one’s identification with each specific scenario determines how one learns through various situations. Putting oneself within each scenario allows one to review or evaluate one’s motivations in learning in order to understand clearly how one’s behavior and learning environment would and should be altered to facilitate greater learning. The result of the Learning Styles Inventory Test clearly indicates my personality or takes on the learning situation. Out of the seven learning styles, the Memletic Learning Styles Graph, as shown below, depicts that I am more inclined to learn effectively when I utilize my physical functions. The rating for each of the learning styles was remote that the bodily-kinesthetic learning style (18 points) stands out among the seven. (â€Å"Learning Styles Inventory – Results Page,† 2007) This piece of information I find true as I do tend to want or need to manipulate or experiencing things in order to learn or realize the structures or dimensions of objects, concepts, occurrences, and such. (â€Å"The Physical (Bodily-Kinesthetic) Learning Style,† 2007) Therefore, the result from the test did not surprise me at all. Next to the physical learning style, the aural learning style (15 points) follows as the second dominant one that applies to me. This is yet another factual information because I do find myself enjoying the learning experience when I work with music or sounds in the background. (â€Å"The Aural (Auditory-Musical-Rhythmic) Learning Style,† 2007) Music, as part of the learning environment, sets the mood or rhythm that motivates me to carry on and finish, not to mention enjoy, what I am doing. On the contrary, the least learning styles that I can identify my learning behaviors with is the verbal learning style (11 points), also including the visual, social, and solitary learning styles (12 points each). This means that I am not motivated enough to learn by reading or writing, looking at or watching visuals, socializing with other people, and even keeping to myself. The results of the test suggest that my strengths lie in my motivations and capabilities to do, or to become more productive by being actively involved during the learning experience. However, it might be difficult to become motivated within the learning environment as learning media such as visuals, written texts, the processes of socialization and independent learning are part of learning strategies or approaches being utilized in most cases. Moreover, the learning environment is balanced, such that it fosters various methods or approaches in learning; and my unbalanced learning styles suggest that I will not be able to keep up with the learning environment. Perhaps the most logical thing to do at this point is to try to even out or balance the learning styles that I should be accustomed to in order to draw out the advantages from it whenever the learning environment or situation calls for it. If it remains to be unbalanced, like my test results indicate, inflexibility will not facilitate learning but hinder the process of acquiring knowledge and skills as learning environments vary every time. Accomplishing this goal means that I would have to expose myself to varying learning situations, and understand the importance of each one in order to balance out my learning inclinations for the seven learning styles indicated. With this in mind, as the realization of the need to balance out these learning styles I have come to realize, I believe that taking the test allows one to understand the importance of being exposed to various learning situations and experiences which fosters creativity, flexibility, and competence in the workplace. References â€Å"Learning Styles Inventory – Results Page. † (2007). Retrieved November 26, 2008, from Advanogy. com. Website: http://www. learning-styles-online. com/inventory/results. asp â€Å"The Aural (Auditory-Musical-Rhythmic) Learning Style. † (2007). Retrieved November 26, 2008, from Advanogy. com. Website: http://www. learning-styles-online. com/style/aural-auditory-musical/ â€Å"The Physical (Bodily-Kinesthetic) Learning Style. † (2007). Retrieved November 26, 2008, from Advanogy. com. Website: http://www. learning-styles-online. com/style/physical-bodily-kinesthetic/

Revisiting the Eclectic Theory of the Choice of International Entry Mode

Theoretical Issues on Marketing UIBE PhD Program Juan Pablo Dominguez Fall 2012 Final Examination for Theoretical Issues of Marketing (Doctoral Course) Nov. 28, 2012 Essay questions for â€Å" An Eclectic Theory of Choice of International Entry Mode † 1. What are the major variables that affect the decision of entry mode? Should they be weighted equally? Why yes or why no? 2. Given that different variables may pull the MNC in the different directions, what approach is suggested by the authors? 3. What theories have been taken as the basis for conceptualization? 4.Considering the nine propositions, do they all make sense to you? In case you find any fault with them, state it with your arguments. 5. Review the methodology adopted by this paper and make your comment on its appropriateness. 6. Discuss briefly what contributions this thesis has made to the theory of international entry mode choice. 7. What do you think of the limitation of this thesis? Revisiting the Eclectic Theor y of the Choice of International Entry Mode During the internationalization process of a company, the decision of entry mode to a particular market is determined by a set of different considerations.The paper â€Å"An Eclectic Theory of Choice of International Entry mode† is a theoretical approach to answer the questions of which factors are relevant and which are not. It reflects on how contemporary studies (particularly, Transaction Cost Theory) had a limited view of the problem by not including a globalstrategy factor in the analysis, therefore the authors try to advance the discussion by enriching the construct of additional variables that were disregarded by economical orthodoxy at the moment. This short paper is aimed to introduce in part the aforementioned document and present more recent findings in the topic.In that fashion I have divided the paper into 4 main parts besides this short introduction. The first section is a brief literature review of the theoretical bac kground behind the understanding of entry mode in the internationalization process given that the paper was published more than two decades ago. The second section aims at synthesizing the main propositions of the paper and what I consider its limitations and contributions. The third section displays empirical evidence that aimed to negate or confirm the different propositions of the authors and finally, the fourth and last section is a set of concluding remarks. Literary reviewThere is no short list about existing research regarding the internationalization process of MNEs?. When focusing on the entry mode (or ownership strategies), one can begin to see that there are three different streams of thought: one stream of research has often framed such a choice as determined by the need for control to minimize transaction costs arising from asset specificity and potential partner opportunism (Anderson & Gatignon, 1986; Williamson, 1985). According to transaction costs theory, for invest ments characterized by high asset specificity, integrated ownership structures, such as whole owned subsidiaries (WOSs), should be sed to enhance MNEs? strategic and operational control over the assets (Anderson & Gatignon, 1986) and to protect MNEs from the risk of knowledge dissemination to their partners (Davidson & McFetridge, 1985; Hill, Hwang, & Kim, 1990). Thus, transaction costs theory advocates the use of ex ante control mechanisms to minimize transaction costs arising from asset specificity and potential partner opportunism (Williamson, 1985). Another stream of research has suggested that the institutional environment shapes such a choice and proposed that MNEs may exchange ownership for legitimacy in the host country (Chan & Makino, 2007; Yiu & Makino, 2002).When foreign ownership is not prevalent or well accepted in the host country industry, MNEs can partner with local firms or keep the ownership level lower (Chan & Makino, 2007). By doing so, MNEs can show the local co mmunities that their activities are not ethnocentric or harmful to local firms, and they also obtain the local identity and legitimacy to acquire the resources that they need in the local environment (Xu & Shenkar, 2002). On the other hand, when FDI is well accepted in the local market, MNEs can pursue integrated ownership structures and high equity shares.Choice of an ownership structure thus does not necessarily reflect MNEs? deliberate efforts to economize on transaction costs for an efficient governance mechanism but may rather be a response to pressures from the institutional environment (Yiu & Makino, 2002). The third stream is as in the case of Hill et al. which posits that in addition to control and legitimacy, MNE ownership strategy is also fundamentally concerned with the choice between flexibility and commitment (Buckley & Casson, 1998; Chi & McGuire, 1996; Kouvelis, Axarloglou, & Sinha, 2001). More recent papers have taken again the same question.Li & Li in 2010 resuscit ated the topic and made a contribution by not only providing a theoretical background proposing similar hypothesis as in the case of Hill, Hwang and Kim in 1990 but also by analyzing the ownership structure and equity shares of over 5,000 new foreign investments in manufacturing industries in China during 2000 to 2006. Explaining the contents of the paper is outside of the objectives of this short essay, but the Li & Li? s took Hill et al style of theoretical constructions one step further and provided stronger empirical evidence (outside the realm of mall sample surveys) that supports the logic behind such framework. Empirical tests of MNEs' initial entry modes are rather limited, even though existing theoretical research has elaborated on the options features of JVs compared with other investment modes (Buckley & Casson, 1998; Chi, 2000; Lee, 2004; Pennings & Sleuwaegen, 2004). Cuypers and Martin (2010) observed that foreign investors are inclined to take a smaller equity share in a JV when they face strong exogenous uncertainty (e. g. , exchange rate uncertainty) rather than endogenous uncertainty (e. . , cultural uncertainty). Brouthers et al. (2008) showed that, in choosing international entry modes, MNEs tend to adopt JVs (over WOSs) under high demand uncertainty. Synthesis What are the major variables that affect the decision of entry mode? Given that different authors have considered variables like country risk, country familiarity, country development stage, technology, and transaction costs, Hill et al. begin their work with a vision to unify the framework and analyze how different factors affect the decision.The first attempt to create a unified framework was carried out by Anderson and Gatignon in 1986 through the use of transaction cost theory. I believe that the authors see the shortcoming of this initial unified proposal in the Ceteris Paribus assumption of Economics that is used only as a theoretical tool to analyze relations among events or va riables. Any theory that treats related events in isolation will be insufficient and that? s why the authors propose the strategic relationship as another vital element of the decision.Their proposal includes the following factors: !†#$%   ! â€Å"#$! ,! = ! (! â€Å"#$%†&, ! â€Å"#$%&'†   ! â€Å"##$%#&'%, ! â€Å"##$%†&'(â€Å")&   ! â€Å"#$#) Should they be weighted equally? Why yes or why no? Different factors in the decision often suggest different entry modes, it is according to the particular weights each company puts in this factors that the final choice of entry is done. In other words, when deciding entry mode different factors have different weights and according to each company’s strategic considerations, such weights will have different magnitudes.Given that different variables may pull the MNC in the different directions, what approach is suggested by the authors? The authors suggest that instead of focusing in a single var iable, the company will have a set of strategic constraints that will limit their decision options. They focus their attention on how much control the company wants, according to the resource commitment they will provide and taking into consideration the dissemination risks of their knowhow. This can be formulated as the following: ! â€Å"#$%   ! â€Å"#$! ,! = ! !†#$%†&, ! #$%&'†   ! â€Å"##$%#&'%, ! â€Å"##$%†&'(â€Å")&   ! â€Å"#$# !†#$†%&'(   ! â€Å"#$†%&'( = ! !†#$%! â€Å"&   ! â€Å"##$%$&'$(, ! â€Å"#$%   ! †   ! â€Å"#$#%&! ‘, ! â€Å"#$%†   ! â€Å"#! $%&'%(â€Å"# !†#$%&†Ã¢â‚¬Ëœ(â€Å")*+   ! â€Å"#$†%&'( = ! !†#$%&'   ! â€Å"#$, ! â€Å"#$%&†Ã¢â‚¬Ëœ   ! â€Å"#$%$†&$'(, ! â€Å"#$%! !†#$%&%†#', ! â€Å"#$%&#&%'   ! †   ! â€Å"#$%&'&'†( !†#$%#&'()$   ! â€Å"#! â€Å"#$%& = ! (! à ¢â‚¬Å"#$%   ! †   ! â€Å"#$ ? !†#$%&%$   ! â€Å"#$ ? ?! â€Å", ! â€Å"#$! !†#$%&   ! †   ! â€Å"#$ ? ?! â€Å") These factors come from previous research and theoretical constructs. One important analysis that needs to be done is how these factors correlate to each other.One factor that I? m not sure if it? s included in any of these variables is regulation. For example, many automobile giants in the world wanted to enter the Chinese market as WOSs but because of regulation they are forced to enter as JVs. This makes me believe that there is an unspoken assumption that the markets the authors were conceiving in their constructs were open markets with little participation of the government (maybe they include it with country risk? ). What theories have been taken as the basis for conceptualization? This heoretical construct is a criticism to the Transaction Cost analysis to the entry mode decision, but in the words of Hwan, the theoretical heritage of the Eclectic Theory can be traced in part to the seminal work of Perlmutter [1969], which acknowledged the increasing existence of geocentric approaches to multinational management. The geocentric approach outlined by Perlmutter provided a succinct explanation for the existence of and benefits attached to managing subsidiary units not as a portfolio of independent units but as an interdependent network.Another foundation, upon which their argument rests, is the rich body of literature on global strategy (e. g. , Hout, Porter and Rudden [1982]; Hamel and Prahalad [1985]; Kogut [1985a, 1985b]; Kim and Mauborgne [1988]; Yip, [1989]), which has either explicitly or implicitly built upon Perlmutter's geocentric conception. I believe that the biggest theoretical difference from this global-strategy construct and classical economics theory within the entry mode decision is that the overriding objective is overall corporate success, not the maximization of each individual subsi diary unit's efficiency.The second is that in achieving this objective, interdependencies across subsidiary units must be actively managed, meaning that sometimes it would mean that in order to maintain global strategy, some SBUs might even be required to operate at a loss (which is a rationale outside the boundaries of traditional economics). Considering the nine propositions, do they all make sense to you? In case you find any fault with them, state it with your arguments. The first thing I noticed is why are they called propositions instead of Hypothesis? Any theory is based in hypothesis because its aim is to provide chances for something to be proved or not.The second thing I notices is that the propositions are not â€Å"symmetrical†. By this I mean that when you make such kind of propositions, in order to fully understand the relationship of the explanatory variables with the dependent variable, the author must not only look at one side of the coin but at both. For exa mple, Proposition 1: Other things being equal, firms that pursue a multi-domestic strategy will favor lowcontrol entry modes. That is one side of the coin, the other side would be: Other things being equal, firms that do not pursue multi-domestic strategy will not favor low-control entry modes.The value of such construct is that it gives a more robust base for empirical testing. Each proposition is set to analyze the validity of each factor within the whole unified framework, so its validity remains to be tested empirically. Review the methodology adopted by this paper and make your comment on its appropriateness. This paper is a theoretical construct based upon the works of others with the addition of new factors, it does not apply specific methodological tools for testing its validity. In terms of epistemological value, the theory is constructed in the same fashion as Falsificationism (Popper? ) would propose because the validity of the theory that was accepted previously was put into question by the authors and therefore they provided a new set of hypothesis that should accommodate more accurately to reality than Transaction Costs theory. To discuss the appropriateness of such construct without empirical evidence would be to begin an epistemological debate about the validity of theories and their validity into describing â€Å"Truth†. If it were me who wrote the paper I would have not done a theoretical construct without any experimental study about its validity. I believe that? why some of the authors (specifically Hwan) wrote another paper a couple of years later were with the use of surveys they tried to analyze the validity of such constructs. Methodologically speaking, I believe that is a much more fruitful contribution to science than providing list of propositions that may or may not be of use. Discuss briefly what contributions this thesis has made to the theory of international entry mode choice. The biggest contribution of this paper was th e search of different factors that could explain the decision of mode of entry for the internationalization process of a company.Previous studies at the moment had already identified a diversity of variables that influence the entry mode decision decision, and the authors grouped them into one of two categories: environmental or transaction specific factors. Furthermore, according to the theoretical constructs of the time, the studies of the factors had an underlying assumption that each entry decision is made in isolation and is driven essentially by efficiency considerations at the level of the individual entrant or subsidiary unit.This paper made a case directed towards establishing the importance of a third group of factors: global strategic, namely the strategic relationship it envisages between its operations across borders, in reaching its entry mode decision. For a business manager who is in such internationalization process, this theoretical construct can provide him a road map to which variables he/she should pay attention to in order to make the decision of entry.In my opinion, managers tend to first see how other companies enter the market in their initial stages and see if that would be a viable choice and such â€Å"contextual† approach is not included in the factors. What do you think of the limitation of this thesis? The biggest limitation of any theoretical construct is that it remains just a theory and not be applicable. That? s why I took it upon me to see if someone had tried to prove or deny the Eclectic Theory. The results of that search are shown in section three of this paper.Empirical evidence 2 years after the publication of Hill et al. Eclectic Theory, one of the co-writers, Peter Hwang along with W. Chan Kim published the paper: â€Å"Global Strategy and Multinationals? Entry Mode Choice†. The main objective of the paper was to provide empirical tests to the propositions made by the Eclectic Theory. They used a survey f rom ninety-six multinational managers and had a fundamental result that an express incorporation of global strategic variables into an analysis of the entry mode decision is warranted. DataThe survey was a mail questionnaire composed of four parts: modes of entry, global strategic factors, environmental factors, and transaction-specific factors. It was distributed to 629 U. S. based MNE, mostly from the manufacturing sector and targeted senior-level management. 137 questionnaires were returned (22% response rate), of which 41 were disregarded because of incomplete answers. Another 18 were disregarded because respondents provided a positive response to the control question of whether government regulations imposed restrictions on the mode options available.The respondents operations were geographically wide with 25 located in Asia Pacific, 17 in South America, 25 in Europe, 16 in North America, 4 in Africa and 9 in the Middle East. One big methodological problem to measure the validi ty of the propositions is that such variables are not easy to measure. This translates that the nine key variables recognized to influence the focal decision of foreign entry mode are linked to the empirical world only through indicators.Moreover, they appear to be wide-ranging, multifaced constructs. As such, psychometric measurement based on multiple items rather than a single-item proxy seemed a more fitting approach [Peter 1979; Fomnell 1982; Churchill 1979], and was used in the analyses. I personally believe that psychometric variables do not fully reflect the necessary information, but that is just because I am biased towards more robust statistical data and believe that what people think they know is not actually what they know.Continuing with the questionnaire, the respondents were asked to evaluate the foreign venture under discussion across each of these items on a 7-point Likert-type scale. After data collection, an iterative procedure was employed to refine the set of in dicators for each construct. The item-to-total correlation, i. e. , the correlation between the score of each indicator and the total score of those indicators used to capture each construct, was then examined. Following the steps suggested by Nunnally [1978], those indicators with a low correlation with the total score (i. e. , r Revisiting the Eclectic Theory of the Choice of International Entry Mode Theoretical Issues on Marketing UIBE PhD Program Juan Pablo Dominguez Fall 2012 Final Examination for Theoretical Issues of Marketing (Doctoral Course) Nov. 28, 2012 Essay questions for â€Å" An Eclectic Theory of Choice of International Entry Mode † 1. What are the major variables that affect the decision of entry mode? Should they be weighted equally? Why yes or why no? 2. Given that different variables may pull the MNC in the different directions, what approach is suggested by the authors? 3. What theories have been taken as the basis for conceptualization? 4.Considering the nine propositions, do they all make sense to you? In case you find any fault with them, state it with your arguments. 5. Review the methodology adopted by this paper and make your comment on its appropriateness. 6. Discuss briefly what contributions this thesis has made to the theory of international entry mode choice. 7. What do you think of the limitation of this thesis? Revisiting the Eclectic Theor y of the Choice of International Entry Mode During the internationalization process of a company, the decision of entry mode to a particular market is determined by a set of different considerations.The paper â€Å"An Eclectic Theory of Choice of International Entry mode† is a theoretical approach to answer the questions of which factors are relevant and which are not. It reflects on how contemporary studies (particularly, Transaction Cost Theory) had a limited view of the problem by not including a globalstrategy factor in the analysis, therefore the authors try to advance the discussion by enriching the construct of additional variables that were disregarded by economical orthodoxy at the moment. This short paper is aimed to introduce in part the aforementioned document and present more recent findings in the topic.In that fashion I have divided the paper into 4 main parts besides this short introduction. The first section is a brief literature review of the theoretical bac kground behind the understanding of entry mode in the internationalization process given that the paper was published more than two decades ago. The second section aims at synthesizing the main propositions of the paper and what I consider its limitations and contributions. The third section displays empirical evidence that aimed to negate or confirm the different propositions of the authors and finally, the fourth and last section is a set of concluding remarks. Literary reviewThere is no short list about existing research regarding the internationalization process of MNEs?. When focusing on the entry mode (or ownership strategies), one can begin to see that there are three different streams of thought: one stream of research has often framed such a choice as determined by the need for control to minimize transaction costs arising from asset specificity and potential partner opportunism (Anderson & Gatignon, 1986; Williamson, 1985). According to transaction costs theory, for invest ments characterized by high asset specificity, integrated ownership structures, such as whole owned subsidiaries (WOSs), should be sed to enhance MNEs? strategic and operational control over the assets (Anderson & Gatignon, 1986) and to protect MNEs from the risk of knowledge dissemination to their partners (Davidson & McFetridge, 1985; Hill, Hwang, & Kim, 1990). Thus, transaction costs theory advocates the use of ex ante control mechanisms to minimize transaction costs arising from asset specificity and potential partner opportunism (Williamson, 1985). Another stream of research has suggested that the institutional environment shapes such a choice and proposed that MNEs may exchange ownership for legitimacy in the host country (Chan & Makino, 2007; Yiu & Makino, 2002).When foreign ownership is not prevalent or well accepted in the host country industry, MNEs can partner with local firms or keep the ownership level lower (Chan & Makino, 2007). By doing so, MNEs can show the local co mmunities that their activities are not ethnocentric or harmful to local firms, and they also obtain the local identity and legitimacy to acquire the resources that they need in the local environment (Xu & Shenkar, 2002). On the other hand, when FDI is well accepted in the local market, MNEs can pursue integrated ownership structures and high equity shares.Choice of an ownership structure thus does not necessarily reflect MNEs? deliberate efforts to economize on transaction costs for an efficient governance mechanism but may rather be a response to pressures from the institutional environment (Yiu & Makino, 2002). The third stream is as in the case of Hill et al. which posits that in addition to control and legitimacy, MNE ownership strategy is also fundamentally concerned with the choice between flexibility and commitment (Buckley & Casson, 1998; Chi & McGuire, 1996; Kouvelis, Axarloglou, & Sinha, 2001). More recent papers have taken again the same question.Li & Li in 2010 resuscit ated the topic and made a contribution by not only providing a theoretical background proposing similar hypothesis as in the case of Hill, Hwang and Kim in 1990 but also by analyzing the ownership structure and equity shares of over 5,000 new foreign investments in manufacturing industries in China during 2000 to 2006. Explaining the contents of the paper is outside of the objectives of this short essay, but the Li & Li? s took Hill et al style of theoretical constructions one step further and provided stronger empirical evidence (outside the realm of mall sample surveys) that supports the logic behind such framework. Empirical tests of MNEs' initial entry modes are rather limited, even though existing theoretical research has elaborated on the options features of JVs compared with other investment modes (Buckley & Casson, 1998; Chi, 2000; Lee, 2004; Pennings & Sleuwaegen, 2004). Cuypers and Martin (2010) observed that foreign investors are inclined to take a smaller equity share in a JV when they face strong exogenous uncertainty (e. g. , exchange rate uncertainty) rather than endogenous uncertainty (e. . , cultural uncertainty). Brouthers et al. (2008) showed that, in choosing international entry modes, MNEs tend to adopt JVs (over WOSs) under high demand uncertainty. Synthesis What are the major variables that affect the decision of entry mode? Given that different authors have considered variables like country risk, country familiarity, country development stage, technology, and transaction costs, Hill et al. begin their work with a vision to unify the framework and analyze how different factors affect the decision.The first attempt to create a unified framework was carried out by Anderson and Gatignon in 1986 through the use of transaction cost theory. I believe that the authors see the shortcoming of this initial unified proposal in the Ceteris Paribus assumption of Economics that is used only as a theoretical tool to analyze relations among events or va riables. Any theory that treats related events in isolation will be insufficient and that? s why the authors propose the strategic relationship as another vital element of the decision.Their proposal includes the following factors: !†#$%   ! â€Å"#$! ,! = ! (! â€Å"#$%†&, ! â€Å"#$%&'†   ! â€Å"##$%#&'%, ! â€Å"##$%†&'(â€Å")&   ! â€Å"#$#) Should they be weighted equally? Why yes or why no? Different factors in the decision often suggest different entry modes, it is according to the particular weights each company puts in this factors that the final choice of entry is done. In other words, when deciding entry mode different factors have different weights and according to each company’s strategic considerations, such weights will have different magnitudes.Given that different variables may pull the MNC in the different directions, what approach is suggested by the authors? The authors suggest that instead of focusing in a single var iable, the company will have a set of strategic constraints that will limit their decision options. They focus their attention on how much control the company wants, according to the resource commitment they will provide and taking into consideration the dissemination risks of their knowhow. This can be formulated as the following: ! â€Å"#$%   ! â€Å"#$! ,! = ! !†#$%†&, ! #$%&'†   ! â€Å"##$%#&'%, ! â€Å"##$%†&'(â€Å")&   ! â€Å"#$# !†#$†%&'(   ! â€Å"#$†%&'( = ! !†#$%! â€Å"&   ! â€Å"##$%$&'$(, ! â€Å"#$%   ! †   ! â€Å"#$#%&! ‘, ! â€Å"#$%†   ! â€Å"#! $%&'%(â€Å"# !†#$%&†Ã¢â‚¬Ëœ(â€Å")*+   ! â€Å"#$†%&'( = ! !†#$%&'   ! â€Å"#$, ! â€Å"#$%&†Ã¢â‚¬Ëœ   ! â€Å"#$%$†&$'(, ! â€Å"#$%! !†#$%&%†#', ! â€Å"#$%&#&%'   ! †   ! â€Å"#$%&'&'†( !†#$%#&'()$   ! â€Å"#! â€Å"#$%& = ! (! à ¢â‚¬Å"#$%   ! †   ! â€Å"#$ ? !†#$%&%$   ! â€Å"#$ ? ?! â€Å", ! â€Å"#$! !†#$%&   ! †   ! â€Å"#$ ? ?! â€Å") These factors come from previous research and theoretical constructs. One important analysis that needs to be done is how these factors correlate to each other.One factor that I? m not sure if it? s included in any of these variables is regulation. For example, many automobile giants in the world wanted to enter the Chinese market as WOSs but because of regulation they are forced to enter as JVs. This makes me believe that there is an unspoken assumption that the markets the authors were conceiving in their constructs were open markets with little participation of the government (maybe they include it with country risk? ). What theories have been taken as the basis for conceptualization? This heoretical construct is a criticism to the Transaction Cost analysis to the entry mode decision, but in the words of Hwan, the theoretical heritage of the Eclectic Theory can be traced in part to the seminal work of Perlmutter [1969], which acknowledged the increasing existence of geocentric approaches to multinational management. The geocentric approach outlined by Perlmutter provided a succinct explanation for the existence of and benefits attached to managing subsidiary units not as a portfolio of independent units but as an interdependent network.Another foundation, upon which their argument rests, is the rich body of literature on global strategy (e. g. , Hout, Porter and Rudden [1982]; Hamel and Prahalad [1985]; Kogut [1985a, 1985b]; Kim and Mauborgne [1988]; Yip, [1989]), which has either explicitly or implicitly built upon Perlmutter's geocentric conception. I believe that the biggest theoretical difference from this global-strategy construct and classical economics theory within the entry mode decision is that the overriding objective is overall corporate success, not the maximization of each individual subsi diary unit's efficiency.The second is that in achieving this objective, interdependencies across subsidiary units must be actively managed, meaning that sometimes it would mean that in order to maintain global strategy, some SBUs might even be required to operate at a loss (which is a rationale outside the boundaries of traditional economics). Considering the nine propositions, do they all make sense to you? In case you find any fault with them, state it with your arguments. The first thing I noticed is why are they called propositions instead of Hypothesis? Any theory is based in hypothesis because its aim is to provide chances for something to be proved or not.The second thing I notices is that the propositions are not â€Å"symmetrical†. By this I mean that when you make such kind of propositions, in order to fully understand the relationship of the explanatory variables with the dependent variable, the author must not only look at one side of the coin but at both. For exa mple, Proposition 1: Other things being equal, firms that pursue a multi-domestic strategy will favor lowcontrol entry modes. That is one side of the coin, the other side would be: Other things being equal, firms that do not pursue multi-domestic strategy will not favor low-control entry modes.The value of such construct is that it gives a more robust base for empirical testing. Each proposition is set to analyze the validity of each factor within the whole unified framework, so its validity remains to be tested empirically. Review the methodology adopted by this paper and make your comment on its appropriateness. This paper is a theoretical construct based upon the works of others with the addition of new factors, it does not apply specific methodological tools for testing its validity. In terms of epistemological value, the theory is constructed in the same fashion as Falsificationism (Popper? ) would propose because the validity of the theory that was accepted previously was put into question by the authors and therefore they provided a new set of hypothesis that should accommodate more accurately to reality than Transaction Costs theory. To discuss the appropriateness of such construct without empirical evidence would be to begin an epistemological debate about the validity of theories and their validity into describing â€Å"Truth†. If it were me who wrote the paper I would have not done a theoretical construct without any experimental study about its validity. I believe that? why some of the authors (specifically Hwan) wrote another paper a couple of years later were with the use of surveys they tried to analyze the validity of such constructs. Methodologically speaking, I believe that is a much more fruitful contribution to science than providing list of propositions that may or may not be of use. Discuss briefly what contributions this thesis has made to the theory of international entry mode choice. The biggest contribution of this paper was th e search of different factors that could explain the decision of mode of entry for the internationalization process of a company.Previous studies at the moment had already identified a diversity of variables that influence the entry mode decision decision, and the authors grouped them into one of two categories: environmental or transaction specific factors. Furthermore, according to the theoretical constructs of the time, the studies of the factors had an underlying assumption that each entry decision is made in isolation and is driven essentially by efficiency considerations at the level of the individual entrant or subsidiary unit.This paper made a case directed towards establishing the importance of a third group of factors: global strategic, namely the strategic relationship it envisages between its operations across borders, in reaching its entry mode decision. For a business manager who is in such internationalization process, this theoretical construct can provide him a road map to which variables he/she should pay attention to in order to make the decision of entry.In my opinion, managers tend to first see how other companies enter the market in their initial stages and see if that would be a viable choice and such â€Å"contextual† approach is not included in the factors. What do you think of the limitation of this thesis? The biggest limitation of any theoretical construct is that it remains just a theory and not be applicable. That? s why I took it upon me to see if someone had tried to prove or deny the Eclectic Theory. The results of that search are shown in section three of this paper.Empirical evidence 2 years after the publication of Hill et al. Eclectic Theory, one of the co-writers, Peter Hwang along with W. Chan Kim published the paper: â€Å"Global Strategy and Multinationals? Entry Mode Choice†. The main objective of the paper was to provide empirical tests to the propositions made by the Eclectic Theory. They used a survey f rom ninety-six multinational managers and had a fundamental result that an express incorporation of global strategic variables into an analysis of the entry mode decision is warranted. DataThe survey was a mail questionnaire composed of four parts: modes of entry, global strategic factors, environmental factors, and transaction-specific factors. It was distributed to 629 U. S. based MNE, mostly from the manufacturing sector and targeted senior-level management. 137 questionnaires were returned (22% response rate), of which 41 were disregarded because of incomplete answers. Another 18 were disregarded because respondents provided a positive response to the control question of whether government regulations imposed restrictions on the mode options available.The respondents operations were geographically wide with 25 located in Asia Pacific, 17 in South America, 25 in Europe, 16 in North America, 4 in Africa and 9 in the Middle East. One big methodological problem to measure the validi ty of the propositions is that such variables are not easy to measure. This translates that the nine key variables recognized to influence the focal decision of foreign entry mode are linked to the empirical world only through indicators.Moreover, they appear to be wide-ranging, multifaced constructs. As such, psychometric measurement based on multiple items rather than a single-item proxy seemed a more fitting approach [Peter 1979; Fomnell 1982; Churchill 1979], and was used in the analyses. I personally believe that psychometric variables do not fully reflect the necessary information, but that is just because I am biased towards more robust statistical data and believe that what people think they know is not actually what they know.Continuing with the questionnaire, the respondents were asked to evaluate the foreign venture under discussion across each of these items on a 7-point Likert-type scale. After data collection, an iterative procedure was employed to refine the set of in dicators for each construct. The item-to-total correlation, i. e. , the correlation between the score of each indicator and the total score of those indicators used to capture each construct, was then examined. Following the steps suggested by Nunnally [1978], those indicators with a low correlation with the total score (i. e. , r

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Analyzing the Past tendencies and issues that causes the crisis related to the organisation and concerns are able to halt, manage, or chair the properties of crises in the hereafter. Accor have chance to develop the concern by geographical extension around the universe. Market development scheme concentrating in peculiarly at Asian and Pacific part that has future development like building Accor trade names like Suite Hotel and Motel6. That gives strength and besides helps to geographical extension of the company in order to achieve the client satisfaction and trade name image. Accor should hold functional degree scheme in human resource direction that are honoring and actuating the employees, clients and reselling by assorted methods like Gift verifiers, prepaid cards, wagess to heighten the relationships with the clients and employees. Contentss Executive Summary: 2 1. Introduction: 4 2. Background of Accor hotels: 4 3. Future Strategy for Accor: 6 3.1 Crisis Management: 6 3.2 Market development: 8 By analysing the ( Table 3 ) Asian Pacific part have a immense growing in Travel and Tourism between 2008- 2018. Where building and edifice of Suite hotel and Motel 6 of Accor trade names in Asiatic and Pacific part. Concentrating on new clients with the same merchandise and service but in different geographical countries is the Market development. However China and India are the emerging market constructing more suite hotel and motel 6 for the clients. So, Market development scheme for Accor hotels to develop the geographical extension around the Earth. 10 3.3 Functional degree Scheme: ( Human Resource Management ( HRM ) ) 10 4. Decision: 10 5. Mention 11 6. Appendix A 14 Introduction: This study is about the Strategic of Accor Hotels past, current and future chance. Section one evaluates the background of the Accor hotels in their past three old ages strategies between 2007-2009.Section two, it will be the hereafter strategies that will see the Internal and external Issues and tendencies on the hotel with SWOT analysis. Finally, it concludes and summaries the whole study. Background of Accor hotels: Around the universe Accor is one of the first hotel operator in the universe ( Accor, 2008a ) , European organiser in hotels and touristry and the planetary organiser in Services to concern clients and communal organisation, Accor works in nearlyA 100 nationA with excess thanA 150,000 employees ( Accor, 2008a ) . Past 40 old ages, it has offer consumers with cognition get in its two centre concerns, Hotels and Service ( Accor, 2008a ) . Hotels: Hotels has a geographically and structurally sensible concern portfolio. Hotel action contains farther thanA 15 matching merchandise from comfort to wealth that are recognized and respected around the universe for their service value ( Accor, 2008a ) . Accor offers assorted luxury hotels trade names like see Appendix A. Many lodging companies have developed many trade names to give out multiple market sections ( Jing, Dev, and Rao 2002 ) . Service: It operates overA 40 states ; Accor Services plans, expand and grip elevated value-added services for corporation ( Accor, 2008a ) . Accor Services proposeA a full pick of prepaid servicesA in the part ofA worker and community benefits ( Accor, 2008a ) . Accor hotels past and current schemes were evaluated with one-year studies of the company and message given by Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) of Accor Hotels. In 2006, Accor hotels have increased the figure of suites and available about double in 2010. The enlargement theoretical account of 40,000 suites per twelvemonth focal points on organisation contracts and franchise Accor ( 2010a ) .Accor has preferredA four drivers to administer the 40,000 new suites per twelvemonth by Expanding in Western Europe in Eco and Budget, and by franchise it increase the market portion in established markets, Strengthen the location in lifting states, Management networking to spread out the upmarket and luxury Accor ( 2010a ) . Accor has changed its scheme to concentrate more on increasing the concern through franchising and organisation contracts and less on building of new hotels ( Walsh, 2003 ) . Figure 1 Expansions and investing of Accor hotels around the Earth. Beginning: Accor ( 2010a ) The word strategy refers to the broad way, or holistic point of position, taken by an organisation to be after for and do safe its long period ends ( Marginson, 1988 ) . Accor introduced acquisition of Motivano package in functional degree Strategy of Human resource direction ( HRM ) in the technological developments, which enables on-line direction of employee benefits ( Accor 2008b ) . Wagess and motive for the employees, Customers and reselling by assorted methods like Gift verifiers, prepaid cards, Wagess to heighten the relationships with the clients and employees ( Accor, 2009a ) . Kotler ( 2003 ) says that it is important to do an first-class nexus among clients ; and the providers in order to develop the issue of consumer fidelity. Accor have merchandise development for their client s relationship towards the administration by holding a multi trade name A| Club trueness plan across the worldwide ( Accor 2008b ) . An enlargement method Accor service makes stronger its module for proficient modernism with the gaining of Prepay Technologies Ltd. The accomplishment of Prepay Technologies makes stronger for Accor Services direction and expands its aggregation of material and services in the UK ( Accor, 2007b ) . Accor focal point scheme on Gallic Polynesia for leisure travellers. It presents visitants the possibility to handle persons with the crucial in leisure and luxury at three of its limited resorts in Gallic Polynesia. Accor hotels are concentrating peculiarly on the Le Spa at Sofitel, Sofitel Bora Bora Beach Resort and Sofitel Motu Bora Bora, a private island in Gallic Polynesia ( PR Log, 2007 ) . Divertiture Strategy says that Selling a division or portion of an organisation ( David, 2009 ) . During 2007 Accor sold out 30 hotel belongingss in the United Kingdom for a‚Â ¬711 million ( Accor, 2007a ) . Because due to economic crisis and loss ( Accor, 2007b ) . In merchandise development Accor service start on UUB Premium card in the United Kingdom and the Commuter Check card in the United States ( Accor 2008b ) . That helps to keep the clients and employees within the administration. Accor Hospitality is to advance all its trade names, jointly. That has assorted scopes of Facili ties and low monetary values. That ab initio aim concern travellers and leisure interruption clients ( Marketing magazine, 2009 ) . Accor Hotels had a Net Loss of a‚Â ¬282 million due to the economic crisis and restructure costs numbering a‚Â ¬514 million ( Accor, 2010 ) . Future Strategy for Accor: 3.1 Crisis Management: A crisis is the perceptual experience of an unpredictable event that threatens of import anticipations of interest holders and can earnestly impact on organisation s public presentation and bring forth negative results Coombs ( 2007: 2-3 ) . Meyers ( 1986 ) categorized catastrophe into chief properties on community perceptual experiences, merchandise failures, sudden alterations in the market place and alterations in top disposal. Meyers as good argue that crises can be caused by problems with funding, concern dealingss, take-over s, planetary events and alterations in regulations and policy. For illustration, following the 9/11 onslaughts, most of the political and media argument on terrorist act has decided on turning away policies ( Kahn and Weiner, 2002 ) . Economic impact of 9/11 is sanely incalculable ; though the planetary travel and touristry council has approximative cut down of the travel and touristry demand worldwide to be 10 % . This comparison to the occupations loss of 8.8 million people world-wide including air hoses, hotels and circuit operators, generate a 1.7 % diminution of whole GDP for the planetary wealth. They were two different point of views about refering crisis direction. One group of Researchers ( e.g. , Perrow 1984 ; Gephart 1984 ) argued that crises are repeated and non evitable ; whereas others ( e.g. , Mitroff, Pearson, and Harrigan 1996 ; Roberts 1990 ) contended that in attending are conduct through which association can halt, run, or chair the properties of crises. Accor, which function the Sofitel, Ibis and Novotel trade names in the UK, said it will cut 10 % of its staff at its Gallic caput offices as it seem to do a 15 % lessening in maintain costs due to the clang of the unprecedented worldwide crisis ( Sharkey,2009 ) . But Parsons ( 1996 ) put frontward three classs of crises: 1. Immediate crises: Everywhere little or negative cautiousness survives hence organisations are non capable to analyze the crisis or set up a readying in front of the job or catastrophe work stoppages. 2. Emerging crises: These crises are identified and perchance it can be blocked or restricted through concern act. 3. Sustained crises: This perchance will transport on for hebdomads, months or still for longer continuance. The Bali panic operations in 2002 likely lost Indonesia half a million Visitors and $ 4.0 billion in revenue.A And besides in Jakarta hotels bombed in 17 July 2009 ( Telegraph, 2009 ) . Hotels in Indonesia have been bombed which leads to afraid tourers will travel to some other state now, and hotels will hold to use a buttload more money on security to seek to quiet those panicked travelers down ( Telegraph, 2009 ) . In Mumbai, terrorist onslaughts train state of affairs, a infirmary, a cafe and two hotels locations used by aliens every bit good as local business communities and leaders ( BBC News 2008 ) . It consequences in Negative travel advisories on India around assorted states. Harmonizing to the Federation of Hotels and Restaurant Association of India Booking by abroad travelers chiefly from U.S and Europe comes down by 40 % to 60 % ( Singh, 2008 ) . Harmonizing to Kash and Darling ( 1998 ) crisis bar and planning can be managed by the undermentioned tools, strategic prediction, eventuality planning, issues analysis, scenario analysis. This bar and planning are helpful to pull off the crisis that affects the organisation. Harmonizing to Mitroff crisis can be prevented, manage, or chair the effects of crises in the organisation will helpful for the hereafter crisis to be prevented. Accor should supply security to their visitants is unavailable really earnestly, Sofitel Brussels Europe is endowed with a picture recording equipment observation system communicate by 60 cameras and magnetic keys warrant secure entree to the hotel floors ( Accor, 2010c ) . The Crisis Management Strategy is utile for the administration of Accor in the hereafter to get the better of the economic crisis and menaces of the administration. 3.2 Market development: Suggestion with the purpose creates a character designed for an intangible organic structure, merchandises tell to clients experiencing ( Kim and Kim 2004 ) . Harmonizing to David, 2009 concentrating on new clients with the same merchandise and service but in different geographical countries. Brand justness besides let a group to enlarge and increase the merchandise in a scope of market place ( Maharajan, Rao, and Srivastava, 1994 ) . A hotel trade name ab initio creates an importance for visitants by functioning to declare them of a indistinguishable phase of excellence ( O Neil and xiamo 2006 ) . The table1 shows Accor hotel trade names geographic presence in the universe, that there is a immense chances for start concern in emerging market like Asia and Pacific parts. Because they have Table 1 Accor hotel trade names geographic presence in the universe Trade name Europe MIDDLE EAST AFRICA ASIA PACIFIC NORTH AMERICA LATIN AMERICA Sum Entire 2,310 143 402 1,076 174 4,111 Sofitel 34 24 45 9 9 121 Pullman 25 5 15 _ 1 46 Novotel 264 20 85 7 19 395 Mercure/MGallery 483 30 105 _ 81 699 Suite hotel 24 2 _ _ _ 26 all seasons 42 _ 33 _ _ 75 Ibis 691 31 80 _ 59 861 Motel 6 _ _ _ 1001 _ 1,001 Unbranded hotels 22 7 15 0 1 45 Beginning: Adapted from Accor ( 2010a ) Construction of Suite hotel and Motel 6 in Asia Pacific part, that has largest volume of Travel A ; Tourism Demand in the future prospective and increase the market topographic point and transcending the geographical positions around the Earth. World Travel and Tourism Council ( WTTC ) says that, Table2. China has climbed two topographic points by crushing Japan and Germany and it occupied the 2nd place. Travel A ; Tourism service is lead by China ( WTTC, 2008 ) . Table3: Over the following 1 decennary, the image will alter to some extent as emerging touristry markets start to garner greater benefits from their investing in Travel A ; Tourism development. whereas the USA, China, Japan and Germany will maintain their current top four slots in footings of entire Travel A ; Tourism Demand ( in absolute footings ) , India will be the universe s figure one in footings of annual growing in Travel A ; Tourism require between 2008 and 2018, averaging 9.4 % per annum in front of China, Libya, Vietnam and Montenegro ( WTTC, 2008 ) . Table 2 Countries expected to bring forth the largest volume of Travel A ; Tourism Demand ( TTD ) in 2008 TTD, S.No Countries ( US $ bn ) 1 USA 1,747.5 2 China 592.0 3 Japan 514.3 4 Germany 505.7 5 France 418.8 6 United kingdom 403.7 7 Spain 338.2 8 Italy 302.9 9 Canada 231.4 10 Mexico 157.6 Beginning: WTTC, 2008. Table 3 Expected states growing in Travel A ; Tourism Demand between 2008 and 2018: S.No States 2008-18 ( % annualised existent growing ) 1 India 9.4 2 China 8.9 3 Libya 8.1 4 Vietnam 8.1 5 Crna gora 7.4 6 Roumania 7.1 7 Macao 7.1 8 South west africa 6.9 Beginning: WTTC, 2008. By analysing the ( Table 3 ) Asian Pacific part have a immense growing in Travel and Tourism between 2008- 2018. Where building and edifice of Suite hotel and Motel 6 of Accor trade names in Asiatic and Pacific part. Concentrating on new clients with the same merchandise and service but in different geographical countries is the Market development. However China and India are the emerging market constructing more suite hotel and motel 6 for the clients. So, Market development scheme for Accor hotels to develop the geographical extension around the Earth. 3.3 Functional degree Scheme: ( Human Resource Management ( HRM ) ) Hotels are the most of import constituents in touristry concern and Human resource issues exist unsafe to analyze value, and go around the reply to planetary competitory ( Jones and Haven- Tang, 2005 ) . The significance of problem depicting to accomplishments lack for the cordial reception sector is clearly shown by ( Zhang and Wu, 2004:425 ) . Zhang and Wu observed that in China the qualified campaigner have to be promoted by the hotelkeeper to manage the decision-making or administrative undertakings. So by honoring and actuating to the employees, clients and reselling by assorted methods like Gift verifiers, prepaid cards, wagess to heighten the relationships with the clients and employees. Decision: The rating of past three old ages one-year study, environmental chances and togss is set up much helpful information about the conditions of Accor Hotels located in all over the universe. However, it is indispensable for the organisation to believe once more to set into pattern the necessary strategic public presentation for the hereafter concern development. The Current tendencies and issues faced by the Tourism and Hospitality administration in Crisis that s hits both the economic and the Organization background. So Accor hotels should hold the Crisis Management scheme to get the better of the menaces like terrorist act and issues like recession that they have presently confronting. And Accor have an chance to spread out their geographic being in the Asian Pacific part by concentrating on the new metameric clients. Accor are increasing the suites per twelvemonth for the client to retain with their strong portfolio in nature. Accor have failing in adult male power deficit that can b e solved by the future Functional degree scheme that is managed by Human Resource Management. Rewarding and motivation of staffs in the administration.

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