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Country specific advantage, firm specific advantage and multinationality – sources of competitive advantage in emerging markets : evidence from the electronics industry in China
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Bhaumika, Sumon Kumar, Driffield, Nigel L. and Zhou, Ying (2016) Country specific advantage, firm specific advantage and multinationality – sources of competitive advantage in emerging markets : evidence from the electronics industry in China. International Business Review, 25 (1). pp. 165-176. ISSN 0969-5931.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.12.006
Abstract
The extant literature on emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) suggest that they derive their advantages from country-specific advantages (CSAs) such as economies of scale, as opposed to traditional firm specific advantage (FSA) such as technology. We use firm level data from the Chinese electronics industry and an empirical methodology that has thus far not been used in the literature to provide clear empirical support for this proposition. Further, we demonstrate that not all emerging market firms can leverage CSAs equally and that EMNEs are better at exploiting CSAs than their non-MNE domestic counterparts. We also demonstrate that developed country MNEs operating in emerging market economies are not as good as leveraging available CSAs as their EMNE competitors, arguably on account of liability of foreignness. Our results have implications for outward investment by emerging market firms as well as for the ability of developed country MNEs to significantly benefit from efficiency-seeking FDI in emerging market economies.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | International business enterprises -- China, Electronic industries -- China | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Business Review | ||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0969-5931 | ||||||
| Official Date: | February 2016 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 25 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 165-176 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 December 2015 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 July 2016 | ||||||
| Funder: | Leverhulme Trust (LT) | ||||||
| Grant number: | Fellowship |
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