...Andrei Panibratov; Liubov Ermolaeva; Jane Menzies; Justin Paul; Rohail Hassan Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how institutional distance impacts unrealized cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBMAs) deals of firms from China and Russia after they have been rumored. Prior...

...Mengyao Sun; Dorra Yahiaoui; Ghulam Murtaza; Vijay Pereira Purpose This study aims to advance the understanding of employee voice in China by comparing its antecedents and underlying mechanisms in domestic firms versus Western multinational enterprises (MNEs). By uncovering how explicit...

...Zhixiang (Steven) Liang; Siyu Fei; Michael Carney Purpose Through the lens of institutional arbitrage, this study considers the impact of cross-listing on foreign direct investment of multinational enterprises (MNEs) based in China. This study aims to propose that the advantages associated...

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...Jianhong Zhang; Suzana B. Rodrigues; Jiangang Jiang; Chaohong Zhou Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of political instability at the local level on foreign firms in China. Building on the literature on political embeddedness and business power, the authors propose...

... explanations (Welch et al., 2011 , 2022). VCE and Epiroc were chosen based on information gathered during initial interviews conducted in 2016 to explore mid-market strategies of Swedish MNCs in China. VCE, headquartered in Gothenburg, is a leading producer of wheel loaders and excavators...

... that the propensity for OFDI by Chinese MNEs is significantly and positively related to the firm’s prior EP and the country-level EP of China. However, the amount of FDI invested is significantly and positively related to the firm’s prior EP and negatively related to the EP of the host country. Research...

... in China were allowed to conduct CBAs. Design/methodology/approach This study examines the effect of down-side risk on cross-border acquisition performance by using the sample of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2008 to 2017. Specifically, this study considers three kinds of systemic risk...

...Fabian Hänle; Stefanie Weil; Bart Cambré Purpose This paper aims to use the institutional perspective to jointly explore the underlying motives that drive Chinese private small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to invest in the developed economy of Germany and the role China’s institutional...

... complementary (Chang and Park, 2005). For firms interested in expanding in China despite a natural disaster, managers may assess the knowledge resources and opportunities for collaboration in a given target location. For example, whether firms in the same MNC, from the same home country or from other home...

...David Ahlstrom; Xiaohua Yang; Liang Wang; Changqi Wu Purpose This paper aims to study largely recent aspects of entrepreneurship and innovation in China. It synthesizes the research in the current special issue (SI) of Multinational Business Review (MBR) on this topic. In addition...

... of entry (i.e. hazard rate) into China. Findings Less-dominant firms from highly competitive local-home markets entered China more quickly than less-dominant firms from less-competitive local-home markets. In addition, first-movers from highly competitive local-home markets tended to have more...

...Gongming Qian; Bin Liu; Qingtao Wang Purpose Although there has been much research on government support for export in China and other emerging economies, considerably less attention has been given to government subsidy-related importing activity in China. This study aims to propose...

...Victor Zitian Chen; Yuanyuan Li; Sara Hambright Purpose This paper aims to review the effects of home regulatory institutions on outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in the context of China and discuss the extent to which they can be extended to other emerging markets. The authors especially...

... relationship. Design/methodology/approach A survey was undertaken among a convenience sample of small and medium exporters located in Guangdong and Fujian Provinces in South China. Findings The results show that intensity and diversity interact negatively with export performance, whereas the use...

...Simon C. Collinson; Rajneesh Narula Purpose – This paper aims to examine how multinational enterprises (MNEs) and local partners, including suppliers, customers and competitors in China, improve their innovation capabilities through collaboration. This collaboration was analysed as a three-way...

... was carried out with top managers among manufacturing subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs) located in Hanoi, Vietnam and Guangdong province of China. In total 123 completed questionnaires from MNCs in Hanoi and China were received. Findings – The results suggested that training...

...Yang Yang; Xiaohua Yang; Barry W. Doyle Purpose – There has been a surge of overseas investment from China, both to developing and developed countries. However, there is limited understanding of the impact the internationalization of these firms has on their value creation. This paper seeks...

..., to the internalization theory, which converts O and I advantages into FSAs and associates L advantages with CSAs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Outward foreign direct investment OLI paradigm Internalization theory Institutions Strategic asset‐seeking Direct investment China Denmark...

... increased their firm‐specific advantages (FSAs) by acquiring the advanced brand and managerial know‐how embedded in CRM and Wing Lung Bank. Another example is Li Ning Company Limited, a leading sports brand enterprise in China, which set up a design and R&D centre in Hong Kong in 2004. As expressed...