The Relationship among Internationalization Motivations, Strategic Factors, Entry Modes, Organizational Controls and Operational Performances--A Study of Taiwanese Enterprises in Mainland China

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship among internationalization motivations, strategic factors, entry modes, organizational controls and performances of Taiwan's enterprises in process of internationalization. The samples are 426 Taiwan multinational firms which invested in Mainland China with the response rate of 25.12%. In order to obtain competitiveness and profitability, Taiwanese businesses should pay more attention on product factor, cost factor and competitive factor in the foreign countries, and they should establish subsidiaries overseas and utilize the host country's advantages to develop their business. It is suggested that Taiwanese business should send expatriates to overseas subsidiaries to manage and to carry out parent company's strategies. It can help to promote the overall operational performances of Taiwanese enterprises