อชินี รุญเจริญ. The Impact of international risk on entry mode strategy and willingness of ownership : animal health business in Vietnam. Master's Degree(Business Administration). University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. : University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2008.
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The Impact of international risk on entry mode strategy and willingness of ownership : animal health business in Vietnam
Abstract:
The impact of international risk plays an important role in the management decision for companys strategy. The level of international risks perceived are believed to influence a companys choices of entry mode interested in foreign market. The studies applied an integrated international risk framework to investigate the impact of ten international risks: management experience, cultural difference, political risk, ownership risk, operating risk, transfer risk, market infrastructure, customer preference, competitive rivalry and market demand on strategic entry mode and willingness of ownership of foreign animal health company in Vietnam. Most preceding risk research has focused on a specific type of risk such as political risk and a specific business such as Information Technology (IT). The data from 114 foreign animal health companies in Vietnam were collected using both quantitative & qualitative methods. For the quantitative method, questionnaires were distributed to target panel and data were analyzed using statistics methodology. In-depth interviews were conducted with Veterina Ltd. and Charoen Pokphand as qualitative method. The findings indicate significant relationship between the impact of ownership risk, operating risk and market demand on entry mode strategy as well as the impact of political risk and market demand on willingness of ownership. The company is less likely to invest when there is a higher level of perceived risk on intellectual properties or when the investors has a higher perceived risk on low support on farming and pet well-being. When these kinds of perceived risks happen, the investors tend not to invest in such business and choose to import instead. The increasing of market demand on meat consumption also influences the probability of the company to invest in animal health business in Vietnam. The willingness of ownership is impacted by political risk and market demand. The higher perceived political risk: social instability and the higher market demand due to the growth of meat consumption will impact the companys willingness to invest more in major ownership mode. The in-depth interviews showed that the most commonly recommended entry mode was to import the products through a distributor which was a consequence of all perceived international risks from the investors in Animal-Health business in Vietnam.