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Driffield, Nigel L., Du, Jun and Song, Meng (2021) Internationalization pathways of Chinese private firms : a closer look at firm-specific advantages. Journal of International Management, 27 (3). 100835. doi:10.1016/j.intman.2021.100835 ISSN 10754253.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2021.100835
Abstract
Using a unique date set, we explore the internationalization processes of Chinese private sector firms. We show that variations in internationalization of private Chinese firms can be better explained by traditional internationalization theories than by the typical approach proposed in the recent literature that centers on state-created advantages. The firm-specific advantages of productivity, proprietary knowledge, and technology competence explain Chinese private foreign direct investment (FDI) in a similar way as they do typical FDI from western developed countries. Further, firm-specific advantages such as technology leadership, exporting experience, and ability to signal quality to partners abroad can explain differently motivated outward FDI by private Chinese firms. Our results fill an important gap in the literature, where the validity of the existing frameworks for explaining the internationalization of Chinese multinationals is hampered by the conflation of state-sponsored internationalization, knowledge-seeking FDI, and firm-specific advantages.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Corporations, Chinese , International business enterprises -- China, Investments, Foreign, Globalization | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of International Management | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 10754253 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 27 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 100835 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.intman.2021.100835 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 June 2021 |
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