Investing for strategic resources and its rationale: The case of outward FDI from Chinese companies

By Ping Deng. 2007

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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Behind ownership decision of Chinese outward FDI: Resources and institutions (2010, background): “…trend and driving forces of China’s outward FDI (Morck, Yeung, & Zhao, 2008; Liu, Buck, & Shu, 2005), and the determinants and motivations of Chinese firms to carry out overseas investment activities (Buckley et al., 2007; Child & Rodrigues, 2005; Deng, 2004, 2007; Liu & Li, 2002; Rui & Yip, 2008).”
The Internationalization of Chinese Firms: A Critical Review and Future Research (2012, methodology): “…most important motivations for Chinese firms to go abroad, which is designed to extend beyond setting up the most efficient affiliate in a single market and to fulfill strategic goals set at the corporate level for the purpose of maximum overall performance (Deng 2007; Globerman and Shapiro 2009).”
Drivers of Global CSR Integration and Local CSR Responsiveness: Evidence from Chinese MNEs (2016, background): “As new players on the global market, Chinese companies tend to engage in cross-border M&As to seek strategic resources and capabilities (Deng, 2007), which makes this mode of internationalization important for Chinese MNEs.”
Why do Chinese firms tend to acquire strategic assets in international expansion (2009, background): “As newly international players, Chinese firms are generally conducting cross-border M&A with the primary motive of obtaining and controlling strategic assets, and that is quite unique among all emerging economies (Deng, 2007; UNCTAD, 2006).”
Outward FDI and Knowledge Flows: A Study of the Indian Automotive Sector (2008, neutral): “In China there is a strong support for the firms’ globalization in general – starting with the Chinese government ‘go global’ strategy announced in October 2000 – and for them to acquire the strategic assets in particular (Deng, 2007; Rui and Yip, 2008); the targeted State-owned enterprises are enco”
FDI location choice of Chinese multinationals in East and Southeast Asia: Traditional economic factors and institutional perspective (2012, background): “The underlying rationale for such asset-seeking FDI is the strategic need to compete at a global level (Deng, 2007).”
Expanding to outward foreign direct investment or not? A multi-dimensional analysis of entry mode transformation of Chinese private exporting firms (2014, background): “…(i.e. OFDI) to acquire strategic assets to compensate for competitive disadvantages (Buckley et al., 2007; Buckley et al., 2008; Cui & Jiang, 2009; Deng, 2007) as “exporting cannot fulfil the need of upgrading their capabilities”, but OFDI “is more likely to facilitate learning through…”
China's outward foreign direct investment: Location choice and firm ownership (2012, background): “These arguments imply that Chinese firms would seek to locate their investments in industrialized countries (Deng, 2007).”
In search of strategic assets through cross-border merger and acquisitions: Evidence from Chinese multinational enterprises in developed economies (2016, background): “…CBMAs to acquire DE firms to seek strategic assets so as to overcome latecomer disadvantages and address competitive weakness in international markets (e.g. Agyenim, Wang & Yang, 2008; Cui, Meyer & Hu, 2014; Deng, 2004, 2007, 2009; Liu & Woywode, 2013; Luo & Tung, 2007; Nicholson & Salaber, 2013).”
Does market-oriented institutional change in an emerging economy make business-group-affiliated multinationals perform better? An institution-based view (2010, background): “According to Deng (2007), Korea ranked first in total foreign direct investment outflows among emerging economies during the period 1992-2001.”
Emerging market multinationals and the theory of the multinational enterprise (2012, neutral): “…full or partial equity in existing ﬁrms will be preferred to other modes of knowledge acquisition when one needs a complete set of capabilities (Deng, 2007; Rui and Yip, 2008) and when the desired parts of the acquired ﬁrm can be separated from the unwanted ones, i.e., if the potential target…”
Chinese foreign direct investment in R&D in Europe: A new model of R&D internationalization? (2012, background): “Scholars adopt an “asset-seeking” perspective to emphasize that Chinese outward FDI serves the purpose of building competitive competence (Deng, 2007).”