CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ENTRY STRATEGIES OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES

In this study, the preferences of the entry strategies of multinational companies from an emerging economy are demonstrated from the perspective of corporate governance. the study focuses on the effect of the equity level and board composition on the entry strategies. the findings of the hierarchical regression analysis which were conducted on 700 observation belonging to 52 industrial production companies which are registered in istanbul stock exchange illustrated that there are significant relationships between corporate governance and entry strategies. the findings also illustrated that equity levels of majority shareholder and third shareholder have positive efects on the entry strategies. on the other hand, board size has a positive effect on the entry strategies. number of dependent directors also has a negative effect on the dependent variable.