Entry Modes of Offshore School Enterprises from English Speaking Countries

• Main Authors: Michael David Parkes, 柯東山
• Other Authors: Yvonne Han
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19932878016030136913

碩士 === 逢甲大學 === 國際經營管理碩士學位學程 === 102 === Offshore schools are for-profit educational services designed to grant home government recognised high school diplomas to students in an overseas country. The multinational enterprises (MNEs) of offshore schools feature the importance of education systems in home and host countries, and economic efficiency in business decisions. This thesis takes the theoretical perspectives of institutions and transaction cost economics to investigate how offshore school enterprises choose the entry mode in foreign direct investment. An empirical dataset is created for offshore schools from developed English-speaking countries to provide supporting evidence. Resulting from stringent regulations on the education system by home country authorities, offshore school enterprises tend to choose the high control mode in the host country. The specificity of investments, particularly in feeder schools as the guaranteed parent university admission with an offshore school high school diploma, tends to use the high control mode. The confluence of regulatory agencies and foreign direct investment patterns plays an essential component in offshore school enterprises. This thesis provides theoretical implications on entry mode choices upon home country institutions, as well as temporal specificity of the feeder school investment.