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International Journal of Research in Marketing | 2001

Do international entry decisions of retail chains matter in the long run

K Gielens; Marnik G. Dekimpe

Abstract The retailing industry, in the United States and Europe alike, faces maturing markets and stiffening domestic competition. In response, many of the industrys main players have shown a growing interest in cross-border initiatives. The success of such foreign entries obviously depends on the appropriateness of the retail firms post-entry decisions, but may also depend on the strategic choices made at the time of entry, as they shape the platform from which competitive advantages can be gained. Little empirical evidence is available, however, on the contribution of these time-of-entry choices to post-entry performance, especially in the longer run. In this paper, we consider simultaneously five strategic entry decisions: scale of entry, mode of entry, order of entry, the adaptation of the retail format to local market conditions and the familiarity of the store format to the parent company. We focus on the estimation of these decisions effects on the long-run performance of a retail firms foreign operations. In addition, we account for the moderating impact of three sets of control variables: characteristics of the foreign operations retail mix, the parent firms resources and the host-markets characteristics. Formally, the strategic choices and control variables are linked to the foreign operations asymptotic performance level, which we derive from S-shaped growth models. We calibrate these models on a data set covering the post-entry performance of over 160 foreign entries made by Europes top 75 food retailers, both towards Western-European countries and to a variety of transition economies in Eastern Europe. The empirical findings suggest that the strategic decisions made at the time of entry continue to influence the foreign subsidiarys future performance, both in terms of sales performance and in terms of efficiency (sales/m 2 ). Specifically, higher long-run post-entry sales and efficiency can be expected when entering early, with substantial scale, using no partners or acquired assets while offering a store format that is at the same time new to the host market and familiar to the parent firm.


Recherche et Applications en Marketing (French Edition) | 2003

Comment le marché évalue-t-il l'ajout d'un canal de distribution sur Internet ?

Inge Geyskens; K Gielens; Marnik Dekimpe

Lémergence de lInternet a poussé de nombreuses entreprises déjà bien établies à explorer ce canal de distribution radicalement nouveau. Comme toutes les discontinuités du marché, Internet crée des opportunités mais également des menaces. Il peut améliorer les performances aussi facilement quil peut les détruire. Les auteurs évaluent le net impact de lajout dun canal de distribution sur Internet sur le rendement des actions dune entreprise, cest-à-dire sur le changement en futur cash-flow attendu. Pour ce faire, ils utilisent la méthode danalyse des événements. Les auteurs trouvent que, en moyenne, les investissements dans un canal de distribution sur Internet sont des investissements positifs en valeur actuelle nette. Dans un second temps, les auteurs identifient les caractéristiques dune entreprise, les caractéristiques de la stratégie dintroduction ainsi que les caractéristiques du marché qui influencent la direction et lampleur des réactions boursières. Les résultats indiquent que les entreprises dominantes possédant peu de canaux de distribution directs devraient plus augmenter leurs performances financières que les entreprises non dominantes possédant un plus large panel de canaux de distribution directs. En ce qui concerne lordre dentrée, les suiveurs précoces ont un avantage compétitif sur les pionniers et sur les suiveurs tardifs et ceci même lorsque lon tient compte du moment dentrée. Les auteurs ont également trouvé que les ajouts de canaux de distribution sur Internet soutenus par davantage dattention générée par les médias sont perçus comme ayant un plus fort potentiel de performance.


2001 Marketing Science Conference | 2000

Establishing the Internet channel: short-term pain but long-term gain?

Inge Geyskens; K Gielens; Marnik Dekimpe


Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2010

Intra- and inter-format competition among discounters and supermarkets

Kathleen Cleeren; Frank Verboven; Marnik G. Dekimpe; K Gielens


29th Annual EMAC Conference | 2000

Establishing the internet channel: Short-term pain but long-term gain?

Inge Geyskens; K Gielens; Marnik Dekimpe


INFORMS 1998 Marketing Science Conference | 1998

Global retailing: Why the shop around the corner is no longer just the shop around the corner

K Gielens; Marnik Dekimpe; Koenraad Debackere


Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2010

Proliferating private label portfolios: How introducing economy and premium private labels influences brand choice

Inge Geyskens; K Gielens; Els Gijsbrechts


Other publications TiSEM | 2008

Dancing with a giant : The effect of Wal-Mart's entry into the U.K. on the performance of European retailers

K Gielens; L. Van de Gucht; Jan-Benedict E. M. Steenkamp; Marnik Dekimpe


Revue Belge De Philologie Et D Histoire | 2006

Fighting Private Label: Growth Drivers, Brand Defense Strategies and Market Opportunities

Jan-Benedict E. M. Steenkamp; Inge Geyskens; Oliver Koll; K Gielens; Helen Anne Lewis


Revue Belge De Philologie Et D Histoire | 2006

Internetkannibalisatie in de dagbladenindustrie: Mythe of realiteit?

Barbara Deleersnyder; Inge Geyskens; K Gielens; Marnik G. Dekimpe

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Marnik Dekimpe

Université catholique de Louvain

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Jan-Benedict E. M. Steenkamp

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Frank Verboven

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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Linda Van de Gucht

The Catholic University of America

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Oliver Koll

University of Innsbruck

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