Explaining the Clustering of International Expansion Moves: A Critical Test in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry
研究了美国电信公司1995年向西半球其他国家扩张时，企业间模仿行为如何受国内市场竞争结构影响，发现寡头企业比垄断企业更容易模仿竞争对手的进入决策。
This study distinguishes alternative competitive and institutional explanations of interorganizational mimicry by examining the clustering of U.S. telecommunications firms' 1995–95 moves into other Western Hemisphere countries. Mimicry of entry moves was more likely when both a focal firm and prior movers had large shares in the same domestic markets. More mimicry occurred among oligopolistic long-distance firms than among monopolistic local-exchange phone companies. Thus, mimetic international entry was strongly linked to the structure of domestic competition.