| AUTHOR'S VITA | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第11-20页 |
| CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION | 第20-26页 |
| ·BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY | 第20-21页 |
| ·PROBLEM STATEMENT | 第21页 |
| ·RESEARCH OBJECTIVES | 第21-22页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第22-23页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH | 第23-24页 |
| ·STRUCTURE OF THIS DISSERTATION | 第24-26页 |
| CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW | 第26-35页 |
| ·INTERNATIONALIZATION | 第26-27页 |
| ·INTERNATIONAL MARKET SELECTION | 第27-31页 |
| ·External factors influencing international market selection | 第28-30页 |
| ·Internal factors influencing international market selection | 第30-31页 |
| ·INTERNATIONAL MARKET SELECTION METHODS | 第31-35页 |
| ·Qualitative approaches | 第31-32页 |
| ·Quantitative approaches | 第32页 |
| ·Market grouping methods | 第32-35页 |
| ·Market estimation methods | 第32-35页 |
| ·Firm level market estimation methods | 第33页 |
| ·Country-level market estimation methods | 第33-35页 |
| CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH | 第35-42页 |
| ·PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH | 第35页 |
| ·RESEARCH APPROACH | 第35-36页 |
| ·RESEARCH STRATEGY | 第36页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION METHOD | 第36-37页 |
| ·SAMPLE SELECTION | 第37-38页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF DATA | 第38页 |
| ·RELIABILITY, VALIDITY AND TRIANGULATION | 第38-41页 |
| ·Reliability, Validity and Triangulation of the Qualitative Analysis | 第39-40页 |
| ·Reliability, Validity and Triangulation of the Quantitative Analysis | 第40-41页 |
| ·GENERALIZABILITY AND TRANSFERABILITY | 第41-42页 |
| CHAPTER 4. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND EMPIRICALMODELING OF DATA ANALYS | 第42-54页 |
| ·THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS | 第42-45页 |
| ·Main Factors Influencing Internationalization | 第42页 |
| ·Main Factors Influencing International Market Selection | 第42-43页 |
| ·External factors influencing international market selection | 第43页 |
| ·Internal factors influencing international market selection | 第43页 |
| ·Conceptual framework of the qualitative analysis | 第43-45页 |
| ·QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND EMPIRICAL MODELING | 第45-54页 |
| ·Quantitative Analysis theoretical Framework | 第45-46页 |
| ·Quantitative Analysis Modeling | 第46-54页 |
| ·Modeling Africa's Demand for Iron and Steel Importation | 第46-48页 |
| ·Definitions and concepts of Model | 第46-47页 |
| ·Data used in the model | 第47页 |
| ·Methodology of the Model | 第47-48页 |
| ·Preliminary Screening by Political Stability | 第48-49页 |
| ·Modeling the final Selection by Statistical Inverse Coefficient of Variation | 第49-54页 |
| ·Definitions and concepts | 第49-50页 |
| ·Data used in the Model | 第50-51页 |
| ·Methodology of the Model | 第51-54页 |
| CHAPTER 5. EMPIRICAL RESULTS OF QUALITATIVE ANALYSISCASE STUDY OF WUHAN IRON AND STEEL (GROUP) CORPORATION(WISCO) | 第54-62页 |
| ·PROFILE OF WUHAN IRON AND STEEL (GROUP) CORPORATION (WISCO) | 第54-57页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF WISCO S INTERNATIONALIZATION | 第57-58页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF WISCO S INTERNATIONAL MARKET SELECTION | 第58-60页 |
| ·Analysis of WISCO's External factors influencing international market selection | 第59页 |
| ·Analysis of Internal factors influencing WISCO's international market selection | 第59-60页 |
| ·WISCO'S MAIN FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET SELECTION IN AFRICA | 第60页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS RESULTS | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER 6. EMPIRICAL RESULTS OF QUANTITAVE ANALYSIS ESTIMATION OF LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP AND ANALYSIS OFAFRICAN IRON AND STEEL MARKET | 第62-92页 |
| ·MODELING AFRICA'S DEMAND FOR STEEL IMPORTATION | 第62-75页 |
| ·Panel unit roots tests and stationary tests | 第63-68页 |
| ·Panel Cointegration Tests | 第68-70页 |
| ·Long-Run Models | 第70-75页 |
| ·The Panel Error Correction Model (ECM) | 第70-72页 |
| ·Long-Term Relationship using Pooled Mean Group (PMG) regression methods | 第72-75页 |
| ·Long-Term Relationship between the Importations of Iron and Steel and GDP per capita | 第73页 |
| ·Long-Term Relationship between the Importations of Iron and Steel and the Real Exchange Rate | 第73-74页 |
| ·Long-Term Relationship between the Importations of Iron and Steel and the Infrastructure Investments | 第74页 |
| ·Long-Term Relationship between the Importations of Iron and Steel and the Number of Urban Population | 第74-75页 |
| ·PRELIMINARY SCREENING BY POLITICAL STABILITY | 第75-79页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN IRON AND STEEL MARKET USING OUR FINAL SELECTION STATISTICAL SCORING MODEL | 第79-88页 |
| ·Analysis of the demand side | 第80-86页 |
| ·Analysis of the GDP per capita's statistical inverse coefficient of variation | 第80-81页 |
| ·Analysis of the number of urban population's statistical inverse coefficient of variation | 第81-82页 |
| ·Analysis of the Infrastructure investment's statistical inverse coefficient of variation | 第82-83页 |
| ·Analysis of the real effective exchange rate statistical inverse cofficient of variation 64 | 第83-85页 |
| ·Analysis of the Index Ⅰ | 第85-86页 |
| ·Analysis of the potential supply side | 第86-87页 |
| ·Analysis of the final Score | 第87-88页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF THE EMPIRICAL QUANTITATIVE RESULTS | 第88-92页 |
| CHAPTER 7. EMPIRICAL FINDS, CONCLUSIONS ANDRECOMMENDATIONS | 第92-104页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第92-94页 |
| ·EMPIRICAL FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION | 第94-101页 |
| ·How can Chinese Iron and Steel Enterprises' internationalization process be described? | 第94-95页 |
| ·How can the influence of external and internal factors on Chinese Iron and Steel Enterprises 'international market selection be described? | 第95-96页 |
| ·How can the influence of external and internal factors on Chinese Iron and Steel Enterprises' international market selection entering into African Iron and Steel Market be described? And what are the main decision criteria? | 第96页 |
| ·Do long term relationships exist between Africa's Demand for Iron and Steel Importation and its determinants factors? And in what extent each determinant factor influences Africa's Demand for Iron and Steel Importation? | 第96-98页 |
| ·Considering the above influences of the determinant of Demand factors and the Supply, what tools could we propose to Chinese Iron and Steel industry to analyze, compare and select African Iron and Steel Market? | 第98-99页 |
| ·What are the results by Analyzing African Iron and Steel Market using the proposed tools? | 第99-101页 |
| ·CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY | 第101-102页 |
| ·RECOMMENDATIONS | 第102-104页 |
| ·Recommendations to Chinese Iron and Steel companies' foreign export development manager | 第102-103页 |
| ·Recommendations for future research | 第103-104页 |
| REFERENCES | 第104-121页 |
| APPEDIX | 第121-128页 |
