Chinese multinationals: how do institutional factors affect their location patterns?
This paper analyses the impact of various host country institutional factors on the location patterns of 29 large Chinese multinationals. From a sample of 127 outward foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions made in 52 countries, our findings suggest that a greater difficulty in doing business and...
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Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)
2011-11-01
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| author | Diego Quer Ramón Enrique Claver Cortés Laura Rienda García |
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| description | This paper analyses the impact of various host country institutional factors on the location patterns of 29 large Chinese multinationals. From a sample of 127 outward foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions made in 52 countries, our findings suggest that a greater difficulty in doing business and a high political risk in the host country do not discourage Chinese multinationals. However, the presence of overseas Chinese in the host country, a larger absolute host market size and a higher volume of Chinese exports to that country affect positively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cce74d5a3f1b47a48eeda3f41000b0a22022-12-21T23:42:12ZengUniversidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)Management Letters/Cuadernos de Gestión1131-68371988-21572011-11-011127788Chinese multinationals: how do institutional factors affect their location patterns?Diego Quer RamónEnrique Claver CortésLaura Rienda GarcíaThis paper analyses the impact of various host country institutional factors on the location patterns of 29 large Chinese multinationals. From a sample of 127 outward foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions made in 52 countries, our findings suggest that a greater difficulty in doing business and a high political risk in the host country do not discourage Chinese multinationals. However, the presence of overseas Chinese in the host country, a larger absolute host market size and a higher volume of Chinese exports to that country affect positively.http://www.ehu.es/cuadernosdegestion/revista/index.php/en/numeros?a=da&y=2011&v=11&n=2&o=4Emerging-market multinationalsChinainstitutional factorslocation patternsforeign direct investment |
| spellingShingle | Diego Quer Ramón Enrique Claver Cortés Laura Rienda García Chinese multinationals: how do institutional factors affect their location patterns? Management Letters/Cuadernos de Gestión Emerging-market multinationals China institutional factors location patterns foreign direct investment |
| title | Chinese multinationals: how do institutional factors affect their location patterns? |
| title_full | Chinese multinationals: how do institutional factors affect their location patterns? |
| title_fullStr | Chinese multinationals: how do institutional factors affect their location patterns? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chinese multinationals: how do institutional factors affect their location patterns? |
| title_short | Chinese multinationals: how do institutional factors affect their location patterns? |
| title_sort | chinese multinationals how do institutional factors affect their location patterns |
| topic | Emerging-market multinationals China institutional factors location patterns foreign direct investment |
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