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“Early progress in IB oligopoly theory has not been followed up (Rowthorn & Hymer, 1971; Knickerbocker, 1973; Graham, 1978).”
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“В частности, авторы утверждают, что в олигополистических отраслях за лидерами рынка, инвестирующими за рубеж, следуют и их домашние конкуренты (Knickerbocker, 1973).”
Foreign direct investment in Kosovo : factor analysis and business profile from a Swiss perspective
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“More specifically, Knickerbocker (1973) suggests that in oligopolistic environments companies will engage in the same countries as their competitors in order to avoid them predominating a domestic market or withhold viable sources.”
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Tan, H., & Chen, S. (2015) · doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-6590-3_28 · Cited by 1
“with other studies which have found that firms in an industry tend to follow each other in overseas expansion (Knickerbocker 1973).”
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“International expansion may also be undertaken to match the international market entry of a domestic competitor (Knickerbocker, 1973; Flowers, 1976; Yu and Ito, 1988), to counter foreign firms’ penetrating domestic markets (Graham, 1978; Porter, 1980; Karnani and Wernerfelt, 1985; Wernerfelt and…”
BackgroundEine ressourcenorientierte Perspektive der Internationalisierungsprozesse von Unternehmen
Simon, M. C., Welling, M., & Freiling, J. (2006) · Gabler eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-8350-9313-3_6 · Cited by 1
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“First, FDI is driven by oligopolistic behavior as firms in concentrated industries follow each other into foreign markets (Hymer, 1960; Knickerbocker, 1973).”
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“Some oligopoly models, for example, show that when rivals have an acute awareness of their mutual interdependence, they are more likely to collude and reduce rivalry against each other (Bernheim & Whinston, 1990; Edwards, 1955; Knickerbocker, 1973).”
BackgroundInternationalization and longevity of Korean SMEs: the moderating role of contingent factors
Cho, J., & Lee, J. (2018) · Asian Business & Management · doi:10.1057/s41291-018-0040-z
Provincial Interdependence and China’s “Irrational” Outward Foreign Direct Investment
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“The argument of interdependence in OFDI among China’s provinces is also relevant to a strand of management literature that studies “following the leader” behavior in MNC investment in foreign markets (Knickerbocker, 1973).”
BackgroundInfluentialManagerial decision-making: entry modes in global markets
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El capital extranjero y la decisión de exportar de las empresas
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“…de las exportaciones en las empre-sas y que se agrupan en tres grandes componentes: características de la empresa (Hymer 1976), estructura productiva y de mercado (Knickerbocker 1973; Dun-ning 2001) y características de localización que están relacionadas con la teoría ecléctica (Dunning 1988).”
Kontakos, P., & Stavrou, S. (2025) · Journal of East-West Business · doi:10.1080/10669868.2025.2595351
“Scholars such as Caves (1971) and Knickerbocker (1973) contributed complementary explanations emphasizing oligopolistic reactions, product life cycle dynamics, and technological advantages.”
Theory: Multidimensional Space of Events
Kavun, S. (2025) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2505.11566
“• Theory of following (Knickerbocker [35]).”
InfluentialSakunasingha, B., Ishido, H., & Liang, L.-C. (2024) · Southeast Asian Economies · doi:10.1355/ae40-3e
“…a capital market-based financial decision Many other theories are based on the same principles of market imperfection, such as the oligopolistic reaction theory by Knickerbocker (1973), the internalization theory by Buckley and Casson (1976) and the eclectic paradigm introduced by Dunning (1973).”
BackgroundL’ouverture sociale des grandes écoles : entre stratégies affichées et pratiques sur le terrain
Redon, G., & Montargot, N. (2023) · Annales des Mines - Gérer et comprendre · doi:10.3917/geco1.154.0042
MÉXICO Y BRASIL COMO RECEPTORES DE INVERSIÓN EXTRANJERA DIRECTA, 2009-2021
Zarco, R. O., Hernández, B. J. G., & Barrera, G. S. (2023) · FACE Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales · doi:10.24054/face.v22i4.2295
“La IED representa un trascendental recurso de financiamiento externo para la economía doméstica, así lo plantea Knickerbocker (1973) en la Teoría de la conducta imitativa de los oligopolios, refiriendo que las compañías de industrias oligopólicas gestionan estabilidad en el entorno nacional e…”
BackgroundThe international business landscape: a look at paradigms, research gaps and new realities
Ntara, C. (2022) · International Trade Politics and Development · doi:10.1108/itpd-05-2022-0006 · Cited by 2
Export as a Factor Boosts SMEs Internationalization
Małecka, J. (2021) · Horyzonty Polityki · doi:10.35765/hp.2140
Ashfaq, S., Maqbool, R., & Rashid, Y. (2021) · doi:10.1002/pa.2606
South Korea - Russia economic relations: focused on FDI
Degtereva, E., & Lee, H.-S. (2020) · doi:10.22363/2313-2329-2020-28-1-45-54
“The firms in those markets move altogether to sustain their oligopolistic status (Knickerbocker, 1973; Pennings et al., 2003).”
BackgroundSadyt: A Successful Business Case 1995–2019
Montaño, B., García‐López, M., & López-Ortiz, M. I. (2020) · Water · doi:10.3390/w12113003
“) If Acciona had entered the Algerian market and Sadyt had not, this would have meant that when a new opportunity in Australia arose, if Sadyt and Acciona decided to bid for the tender to construct a plant, it would be more probable that Acciona were chosen as it would have acquired more experience thanks to its work…”
BackgroundRaffat, H., & Siddiqui, D. (2020) · Issues in Economics and Business · doi:10.5296/ieb.v6i2.17402
“Knickerbocker (1973) compare the study between the firm’s competition and the FDI.”
Kamzabek, T., & Anarbay, B. (2020) · Journal of Entrepreneurship and Development Economics · doi:10.47344/sdubss.v52i1.44
“It was found an oligopoly firm reacts immediately to competitor moves, by following “follow the leader” strategy, in order to create and maintain MMC and competitive parity (Knickerbocker, 1973).”
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Jibladze, M., & Manvelidze, I. (2020) · ICEEG · doi:10.1145/3409929.3414738
“Federic Knickerbocker [19] introduced “oligopolistic reaction” to explain FDI in terms of dynamics in oligopolistic industries.”
BackgroundInternational Human Resource Management
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Relationship between FDI and international trade – evidence from Nigeria
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“His work on FDI has been corroborated and further developed by other studies [Kindleberger, 1969; Knickerbocker, 1973; Caves, 1974; Dunning, 1974; Cohen, 1975].”
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“According to Knickerbocker (1973), the main reason of FDI is competitors’ foreign investments.”
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Endo, N., & Ozaki, T. (2019) · Journal of Air Transport Studies · doi:10.38008/jats.v10i1.20
“Knickerbocker (1973) explores the relationship between FDI and the competitive nature of firms in an oligopolistic industry.”
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Różański, J. (2017) · doi:10.18778/0208-6018.329.04
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“In his pioneering work, Knickerbocker (1973) identifies agglomeration as an attractive local feature for firms competing in a single industry.”
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Coletti, G., Franculino, K. A. D. S., & Mota, M. G. (2016) · doi:10.5151/engpro-1enei-005
“A Teoria da Reação Oligopolista, de Frederick Knickerbocker (1973) é um modelo para explicar como o comportamento de algumas firmas leva ao IDE e como elas se relacionam com a estrutura de mercado.”
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Introduction: the emergence of international entrepreneurship (IE) and its agents - selected issues
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“Second at, the industry level, the intra- industry herding behavior, competition, emulation and reactions (Knickerbocker 1973) could force early internationalization strategy across the industry and make other slower strategies inferior.”
BackgroundWorking for Chinese and Indian companies overseas: human resource challenges and the nation brand
Chand, M. (2013) · doi:10.1504/ijmd.2013.055677
“Firms doing business abroad are likely to incur some liability of foreignness (Knickerbocker, 1973; Zaheer and Mosakowski, 1997), even if the cultural distance to their target destination is relatively small.”
BackgroundBibliographie et cas de référence
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Sola, D., Couturier, J., Raiciu, C., & Cuzzolin, S. (2013) · International Journal of Trade and Global Markets · doi:10.1504/ijtgm.2013.051549
“At the same time a Greenfield strategy may be more attractive when a market is growing really fast (Knickerbocker, 1973).”
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하, 성., & Lee, S. K. (2012) · doi:10.15813/kmr.2012.13.2.002
“모방대상 과점기업이 해 외진출을 통해 좋은 결과를 얻으면 해당 기업도 그러 할 것이고, 모방대상 과점기업이 좋지 않은 결과를 얻 으면 해당 기업도 그러할 것이기 때문에, 해외진출과 관련된 위험을 줄일 수 있다고 주장한다 (Knickerbocker, 1973; McDougall et al., 1994).”
Álvaro-Moya, A. (2010) · doi:10.1080/00076791003721605
“First, it shows how competitors’ expansion – as Knickerbocker (1973) suggests – prompted IH to manufacture in a pocket market like the Spanish one, though, as this multinational had learnt from the Russian case, not without certain firm guarantees first from the host country’s government.”
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Sedoglavich, V., Akoorie, M., & Pavlovich, K. (2009) · doi:10.1504/ijtgm.2009.028990
Buckley, P., & Freeman, N. (2008) · doi:10.1300/j130v03n03_09
Ferreira, M., Armagan, S., & Li, D. (2007) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1579345
“CMB-COLEP was also a defensive oligopololistic reaction (Knickerbocker, 1973) by COLEP to protect the domestic market because CMB already owned six subsidiaries in the neighboring Spanish”
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“…(e.g. Buckley and Casson, 1976), IO theory which associates monopolistic advantages of enterprises with market imperfections, entry barriers, etc. (e.g. Hymer, 1960; Caves, 1971; Lall, 1980) and oligopolistic reaction theory of enterprises as developed by Graham (1974) and Knickerbocker (1973).”
BackgroundPrivate information for foreign investment in emerging economies
Kinoshita, Y., & Mody, A. (2001) · doi:10.1111/0008-4085.00083
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Ndibe Beatrice, C., Ben, O. U., & Asalu Emmanuel, N. (2021) · International Journal of Business, Economics and Management · doi:10.18488/journal.62.2021.84.245.256
“Oligopolistic theory of FDI by Knickerbocker (1973) was also based on the assumptions of imperfect market competition.”
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“To the extent that MNEs in oligopolistic industries feel a competitive pressure to copy their peers so they do not capture a major competitive advantage, these developments can impact these industries globally (Knickerbocher 1973).”
BackgroundWelfens, P. (2019) · The Global Trump · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21784-6_7
Outward foreign direct investment and firm internationalisation from Sub Saharan Africa
Fasanya, D. O. (2018) · Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) · doi:10.17635/lancaster/thesis/412
“…firm size, experience, managerial competence, financial resources, social networks, product adaptation, client demand, and oligopolistic reaction (Knickerbocker, 1973; Bilkey, 1978; Wiedersham-Paul et al., 1978; Erramilli, 1991; Calof, 1994; O’Farrell & Wood, 1994; Bloodgood et al., 1996; Buerki…”
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Melnyk, T., Kudyrko, L., Onischenko, V., Konrad, Y., Samsonova, L., Losheniuk, O., Kalyuzhna, N., Lositska, T., Storozhchuk, V., Vorobey, Y., et al. (2018) · doi:10.21303/978-9949-7316-7-1
Theorien der Internationalisierung
Sure, M. (2017) · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-16163-7_2
Der Internationalisierungsprozess von Unternehmen als kollektives pfadabhängiges Phänomen
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Zhuplev, A. V., & Kuznetsov, M. (2017) · doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-2345-1.ch009
New directions of foreign direct investment and industrial development
Mo, Y.-M., & Nixson, F. (2016) · doi:10.4324/9780203387061.ch10
“This echoes an earlier discussion relating to the positive effect of (oligopolistic) competition on the bargaining power of host economies vis-à-vis MNCs (Knickerbocker, 1973; Yamin, 1983).”
BackgroundDomestic and Foreign Logistics Firms. How Heterogeneity Affects Firm Performance
Mariotti, I. (2015) · SpringerBriefs in applied sciences and technology · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-00011-4_4
A Review of Academic Theory on Joint Ventures, Partnership and the Importance of Local Knowledge
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New Technology Imitation: Who Is Copied More Quickly?
Giachetti, C. (2013) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1057/9781137374127_5
Aligning with Competitors when Adopting New Product Technologies
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Mironko, A. (2011) · Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University) · doi:10.7282/t3222swb
International Clustering And Foreign Subsidiary Performance
Tang, J. (2010) · doi:10.5465/ambpp.2010.54500674
“With the pioneers paving the routes, MNEs will be driven by competitive pressure (Knickerbocker, 1973) and institutional isomorphism (DiMaggio & Powell, 1983; Guillen, 2002) among peers in their home country to enter a foreign market.”
BackgroundThe Support Process of External Experts in China FDI Projects
Takeshita, H. (2009) · doi:10.5651/jaas.22.21
“…視される進出先となっている(牛田・高橋, 2008)。一方, 中国に進出する日系企業は,制度変更や法の未整備(射 手矢・遠藤・張, 2004)等,進出時期や段階を問わず出 現する特有の問題に直面している。 従来の進出支援は,情報リストや,事例や体験談な ど,企業が単独で学習するアプローチが主体だった。し かし,現実のプロジェクトでは,各プロジェクトは多様 な文脈と状況を有し,このような情報やルールの応用に は限界がある。そこで近年,社外関係者との相互作用 (Sarala and Sumelius, 2005)やリスク最小化のための専 門家の参画(Lieberthal and…”
Exploring the Internationalisation of Chinese Privately-owned Enterprises (POEs)
Lin, C.-H. (2008) · doi:10.26686/wgtn.16959355.v1
“According to the oligopolistic reaction theory, firms’ international activities are largely influenced by their competitors’ movement (Knickerbocker, 1973).”
BackgroundRazafimahefa, I. F., & Hamori, S. (2007) · doi:10.1007/3-540-68921-4_3
“Scholars such as Kindleberger (1969) on the basis of monopolistic power, Knickerbocker (1973) on the basis 6 Labour and capital are considered to be mobile domestically but not across borders.”
Theorien zur Erklärung von Direktinvestitionen im Ausland
Meissner, T. (2003) · doi:10.1007/978-3-322-81563-7_3
Ansätze zur Erklärung ausländischer Direktinvestitionen
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PRIVATE INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN EMERGING ECONOMIES
Kinoshita, Y. (2000) · doi:10.4324/9780203966143-13
“Knickerbocker (1973) examined the response by firms to the investment decisions of competitors.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Knickerbocker, F. T.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Knickerbocker, Frederick T.
- Venue
- The International Executive
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1973-03
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 7-9
- ISSN
- 0020-6652 (ISSN-L)
- 1522-709X
- OpenAlex
- W4292490918
- Cited by
- 747
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- 0
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- FWCI
- 18.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The International Executive (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Business and FDI
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Merger and Competition Analysis
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategy and Innovation
- Keywords
- oligopoly, multinational corporations, international business strategy, market competition
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