Abstract
Integrating transaction cost, agency, and resource-based theories, this study extends the work of Peng and Ilinitch (1998) by undertaking the first empirical efforts to explore the determinants of export intermediary performance. We suggest that given the transaction cost constraints and principal-agent conflicts, export intermediaries' performance depends on their possession of valuable, unique, and hard-to-imitate resources which help minimize their clients' transaction and agency costs. Survey results from 166 firms largely support our hypotheses.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 327-346 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of International Business Studies |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2001 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Business and International Management
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
- Strategy and Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation