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Table 2 Hypotheses to be tested
From: Logistics FDI in Italy: integration strategies and motivations
Motivation | Integration strategies | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Horizontal | Vertical | Conglomerate | |
Competitive considerations | |||
1a) Increasing market or political power | c | b | a |
1b) Defending market share | c | b | a |
Efficiency considerations | |||
2a) Economies of scale | c | a | a |
2b) Economies of scope | a | c | a |
2c) Elimination of transaction costs | a | c | b |
Other considerations | |||
3a) Regulation | b | b | a |
3b) Access to technologies | c | b | b |