In terms of internationalization, one of the most important steps firms must take is their entry mode choice. Firstly, in the literature review, the main entry modes are described as well as the theories that may explain the choice of one over another. The theories are: Transaction Cost Theory, the Organizational Learning Perspective, Information Economics, the Resource-Based View of the Firm, the Industrial Organization Perspective, Institutional Theory and Real Options Theory. Next, and given the location of the internship in the United States of America (U.S.A.), the trade and investment relations between this country and Portugal are analyzed as well as the role of investment and trade promotion agencies such as AICEP. Finally, these relations are illustrated with the internationalization of Mota-Engil, SA to the U.S.A. The almost sudden change of the social and economic context because of the financial crisis in 2007 proved a once taught to be positive entry to become unsustainable in the country.
- Internationalization
- Entry mode choice
- FDI
- Trade
- Portugal
- U.S.A.
Internationalization modes: the case of Portuguese firms in the United States of America
Barros, J. D. S. (Student). 17 Nov 2017
Student thesis: Master's Thesis