Network linkages and firm internationalization?Evidence from Taiwanese business groups

[[abstract]]Research on internationalization has been addressed for years. In Asia, business group can form a network which can provides an international experience, but also be able to make use of group resources, more rapid access to overseas investment. This study uses Taiwan companies as the sample. We use data from Taiwan Economic Journal to test our hypotheses. The empirical results show that the group elements and Taiwan enterprises to invest overseas is indeed a significant relationship between the group and when the higher age groups, group members will decline in the proportion of overseas investment enterprises, as the relationship become negative