Early international entrepreneurship in China: Extent and determinants

Arbeitspapier

We use data on 3,948 Chinese firms obtained from the World Bank's Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey to investigate early international entrepreneurship (international new ventures) in China. The extent of early international entrepreneurship in China is significant: 65 per cent of the exporting firms start export operations within three years. Foreign shareholders within the firm and an entrepreneur with previous exporting experience are noted to significantly increase the probability that a firm internationalizes early. However, we find marked differences in the behaviour of indigenous and foreign-invested firms. Thus, while business networks are significant for firms wishing to export indirectly and for older indigenous firms, it is noted to delay the internationalization process of indigenous firms. Also, for an indigenous firm, the greater the foreign experience of its entrepreneur, the less likely it is to start exporting early.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-185-9
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2009/16

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Entrepreneurship ; Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Multinational Firms; International Business ; Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East
• Thema: entrepreneurship ; internationalization ; international new ventures ; exports ; China ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; China

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Naudé, Wim ; Rossouw, Stephanié
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45098
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ