Rushing in where angels fear to tread?: The early internationalization of indigenous Chinese firms

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In this paper I empirically investigate the early international entrepreneurship of indigenous Chinese firms using data on 3,948 firms surveyed by the World Bank in 2002-03. I find important differences in the extent and motivation of early internationalization between indigenous and foreign-invested Chinese firms. Despite having started with internationalization relatively more recently than most foreigninvested firms, and despite having much less least foreign experience (only 1.3 years, on average, versus nine years) than foreign-invested firms, indigenous firms who internationalize early were found to perform better than foreign-invested firms. They may be rushing in to international markets, but so far this seems to be paying off quite well.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-198-9
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2009/27

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Naudé, Wim
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45070
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