... to the existing research on inter‐firm network theories in developing countries. We carry out the questionnaire survey among manufacturing firms in China. Questionnaires are handed out via personal social network, research institutions, and educational and training institutions, and they are filled...

...Xu Yuehua; Hu Songhua; Fan Xu'ang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify the influence of country risk (CR) and cultural distance (CD) on transnational equity investments. It also tries to find out the international equity investment patterns of enterprises from developing countries like...

... institutions. Design/methodology/approach This paper employed a grounded theory approach using semi‐structured interviews to explore a case study of one industry segment (the IC design industry segment) in one developing economy, China. Findings This paper argues that developing countries have...