Reliance On Foreign Markets: Multinationality And Performance (springerbriefs In Business)
by Makoto Nakano /
2013 / English / PDF
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This study examines the relationship between multinationality and the performance of Japanese manufacturing companies during the period 19992008 by using geographic segment information. Despite the enormous interest in and importance given to multinationality from the academic and business worlds, prior findings about the multinationalityperformance relationship are conflicting and inconsistent. The overall results of the present study show that multinationality has a positive impact both on accounting performance and on market-based performance. In additional tests, Japanese electric and electronic equipment companies reliance on the Asian market was found to have a negative impact on profitability and no significant impact on firm value, whereas reliance on other foreign markets such as the Americas and the EU had a positive impact on profitability and firm value. The multinationalityperformance relationship cannot be generalized and varies among geographic regions. This book contributes to both the multinationalityperformance literature and the geographic segment reporting literature by offering empirical evidence about Japanese manufacturing companies and comparing them with prior findings about American companies.
