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Product strategies of European and Japanese multinational firms in the US market: an empirical investigation

Janet Y. Murray (Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)

International Marketing Review

ISSN: 0265-1335

Article publication date: 1 December 1996

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Abstract

A survey of US‐based European and Japanese multinational firms, examining: the similarities and differences in product strategies used by these firms, and the relationship of their product strategies to a product’s sales growth rate in the US market. Shows that Japanese multinational firms used a higher level of specific assets, transaction frequency, process innovation, and crucial component sourcing internally than their European competitors. Furthermore, a product’s sales growth rate was positively related to the degree of product innovation, process innovation, and crucial component sourcing internally.

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Murray, J.Y. (1996), "Product strategies of European and Japanese multinational firms in the US market: an empirical investigation", International Marketing Review, Vol. 13 No. 6, pp. 58-69. https://doi.org/10.1108/02651339610151926

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