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Shopping Center Industry Internationalization with a Focus on Key Resources and Direct Investment: The Case of a Chilean Company in Mexico

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  • Riquelme Humberto

    (Regional Leader of Payments and Vendor Processes at Parque Arauco, Cerro Colorado 5240, Torre del Parque 1, Piso 15, Las Condes, Santiago deChile)

  • Bobek Vito

    (University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia and University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum, Graz, Austria, vito.bobek@um.si)

  • Horvat Tatjana

    (University of Primorska, Faculty of Management, Koper, Slovenia)

Abstract

The shopping center sector has been growing steadily over the last years in Latin America. Many countries such as Chile, Mexico, and Brazil lead the industry in the region, with so many projects still under development and different companies with international expansion perspectives in their portfolio. The purpose of this paper is to identify which are the most recommendable entry mode strategies for Latin American countries and which are the essential resources and capabilities that a shopping center company needs to develop to increase the likelihood of success in the sector. Thus, different factors, such as political, economic, and social factors, which impact the industry operation, are analyzed to create a high-level overview of this industry’s most important subjects. For this purpose, primary and secondary data are used, based on a literature review and an empirical qualitative study, giving information of the Chilean Commercial Real Estate company, and interviewing its top managers. Thereby, the results lead to an entry strategy proposal into the Mexican market, identifying the most important shopping centers in the country, the main actors, and the best opportunities to enter.

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  • Riquelme Humberto & Bobek Vito & Horvat Tatjana, 2021. "Shopping Center Industry Internationalization with a Focus on Key Resources and Direct Investment: The Case of a Chilean Company in Mexico," Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy, Sciendo, vol. 67(1), pages 46-60, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:ngooec:v:67:y:2021:i:1:p:46-60:n:2
    DOI: 10.2478/ngoe-2021-0005
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    Keywords

    shopping center sector; resources and capabilities; entry strategies; emerging markets; Chile; Mexico;
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    JEL classification:

    • M16 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - International Business Administration
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade

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