TY - JOUR
T1 - International retail joint venture learning
AU - Palmer, Mark J.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Where retail entry mode decision-making is examined in the literature, it has almost exclusively focused upon international store acquisitions and franchising growth and expansion. In contrast, international joint venture decision-making processes are visibly absent in the international retail literature. This article explores three retail multinationals' international retail joint venturing experiences, extracting some of the salient lessons learned at each stage of the joint venture development process and their concurrent impact on the whole internationalisation process. Suggestions for further research are made on the basis of gaps in the international retail literature and the lessons extracted from the cases under investigation. © 2006 Taylor & Francis.
AB - Where retail entry mode decision-making is examined in the literature, it has almost exclusively focused upon international store acquisitions and franchising growth and expansion. In contrast, international joint venture decision-making processes are visibly absent in the international retail literature. This article explores three retail multinationals' international retail joint venturing experiences, extracting some of the salient lessons learned at each stage of the joint venture development process and their concurrent impact on the whole internationalisation process. Suggestions for further research are made on the basis of gaps in the international retail literature and the lessons extracted from the cases under investigation. © 2006 Taylor & Francis.
KW - retail entry mode decision-making
KW - international store acquisitions
KW - franchising growth
KW - expansion
KW - retail multinationals
KW - international retail joint venture
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U2 - 10.1080/02642060500369263
DO - 10.1080/02642060500369263
M3 - Article
SN - 0264-2069
VL - 26
SP - 165
EP - 187
JO - Service Industries Journal
JF - Service Industries Journal
IS - 2
ER -