... China) and countries with different institutional systems. Originality/value The authors contribute to the IB literature by investigating the effect of home country institutions on location choice. Furthermore, they challenge the representativeness of Chinese EMNEs for EMNEs in general and find...

...George Saridakis; Roger Hosein; Isaiah Jaanai Mc Intosh; Rebeca I. Muñoz Torres; Amrita Deo; Renaldo Ramnath; Karen Jackson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how the 2025 US tariff policy targeting its principal trading partners (China, Canada and Mexico) departs from modern pro...

...Francisca Da Gama; Kim Bui Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for evaluating the relationship between China and Peru, drawing on dependency theory, against the backdrop of China’s explicit policies towards foreign direct investment. It seeks to transcend traditional...

... Licensed re-use rights only Diaspora Talent management Knowledge sharing Dynamic capability Absorptive capacity Russia Far east China Human capital plays a key role in firms’ productivity by increasing absorptive capacity (AC; Bye and Fæhn, 2022). The role of foreign diasporas...

...Maoliang Bu; Steven Rotchadl; Mengmeng Bu Purpose This paper aims to conduct a comparative study between the historical development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in both the USA and China. It is motivated by the phenomenon that CSR is developing in two different directions (global vs...

...Peter Enderwick Purpose The continuation of China’s belt and road initiative (BRI) is assumed in most analyses. Yet, recent events have created significant reputational damage for China and Chinese businesses. With a trade war evolving into a hegemonic struggle, there are a number of potential...

...-Kahindi, 2017), and conditions of work (Kamoche and Siebers, 2015). China Foreign direct investment Kenya Legitimacy Moral legitimacy Pragmatic legitimacy Foreign business activity Cognitive legitimacy Stakeholders The People’s Republic of China (“China”) is just the most recent of many...

... their poor institutional quality in the short term could effectively attract Chinese investment by reducing investor psychic distance, e.g. establishing a closer political link with China. Nevertheless, in the long term, measures of improving institutional quality are important. Originality/value...

...’ sourcing from Africa and provides understanding of the role of African suppliers in current value chains. The authors offer a qualitative exploration of why companies invest in African suppliers and of the scope of African presence in global value chains. China Africa Finland Sourcing Value chain...

...Abdoulkadre Ado; Zhan Su Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically assesses the major contributions to the academic literature on China’s increased focus on Africa, from 2001 to 2011. It discusses the key trends concerning China’s presence in Africa and draws conclusions...

... emerging from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRICs), respectively. Findings – EMNEs do have competitive advantages that can underpin their expansion abroad, but these are mainly “non-traditional” advantages that have been built by finding innovative ways to leverage advantages of their home...

... and China have shifted from a development strategy centered on internal market self-sufficiency to one that seeks international economic prominence by, among other strategies, adopting OFDI support as a part of their industrial policy agenda. However, while the Chinese Government has focused on cross...

... capital needed for a knowledge‐based economy. The country has the largest land mass in the world, and its vast natural resources plus other endowments generated a GDP of around $1.5 trillion in 2010, approximately that of India's, but smaller than Brazil's $2.2 trillion and China's $5.7 trillion. Russia's...

... and not reflected in the growth priorities published by German DAX companies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Growth Growth strategy Emerging markets Mature markets Strategic investment decisions Economic development Markets Germany Brazil Russia India China The direct link...

... with subsidiaries in China and on the analysis of the German press on China. Findings The study shows that headquarters take decisions on internationalization under legitimation pressure, which pushes companies to reorganize in accordance with what is considered successful, appropriate, and common practice...

... of professional identity, located within organisational micro‐dynamics. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Professional identity Chinese context Interpretive study Guanxi Professional service firms Auditing China The construction of identity is both symbolic and social...

...Banerjee; Prasad; Qi Xu Purpose Recognising interest in the nascent “rise of China”, the purpose of this paper is to engage with the normative social science approach to comparative management, positing that it is inadequate for an enlightened view of the Chinese subject. Design/methodology...

...Banerjee; Prasad; Lenis Lai‐Wan Cheung Purpose China is a fast‐growing economy, and many multinational companies (MNCs) have found their ways to infiltrate that market. The competition among the MNCs has generated human resource management (HRM) problems. When formulating approaches in dealing...

.../approach Argues that the internationalization process is constructed at the doorstep where local and international actors meet and should thus be studied from both angles. The article provides some empirical examples and anecdotes from research in China to underpin the argumentation. The questions...