The Market Entry Decision and Success Although the market entry decision has received attention, literature dealing with it suffers from unstated assumptions that colour the understanding of what firms are trying to achieve; the effects of time are rarely included, as too are the full impact of country-specific factors. Further, many studies are based on a partial sample of firms from a small or at least limited number of industries which tends to reduce the rich complexity of the overall decision process. This thesis tries to help remedy some of these shortcomings by providing an...