Abstract
The international expansion of Chinese firms is a remarkable phenomenon of contemporary international business. However, international expansion is particularly challenging for firms expanding from emerging market economies such as China because they have relatively few ownership advantages and suffer disadvantages. We apply a corporate entrepreneurship perspective to explore this under-researched topic via a longitudinal case study of a large Chinese business conglomerate. Thirty-one semistructured interviews and seven focus-group discussions were conducted with 55 informants; company documents were also analyzed. We found sophisticated pre-entry entrepreneurial initiatives are critical for successful internationalization, as they enable emerging market firms to overcome some constraints, leverage their assets, and build competences for international venturing.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 243-254 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Thunderbird International Business Review |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- China
- corporate entrepreneurship
- emerging market economies
- internationalization
- multinational enterprise
- pre-entry strategy
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A corporate entrepreneurship perspective of pre-entry strategies for internationalization : a case study of a Chinese business conglomerate. / Zhang, Mingqiong M.; Zhu, Cherrie J.; De Cieri, Helen; Dowling, Peter J.; Chen, Zhenxiong.
In: Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 61, No. 2, 01.03.2019, p. 243-254.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A corporate entrepreneurship perspective of pre-entry strategies for internationalization
T2 - a case study of a Chinese business conglomerate
AU - Zhang, Mingqiong M.
AU - Zhu, Cherrie J.
AU - De Cieri, Helen
AU - Dowling, Peter J.
AU - Chen, Zhenxiong
PY - 2019/3/1
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N2 - The international expansion of Chinese firms is a remarkable phenomenon of contemporary international business. However, international expansion is particularly challenging for firms expanding from emerging market economies such as China because they have relatively few ownership advantages and suffer disadvantages. We apply a corporate entrepreneurship perspective to explore this under-researched topic via a longitudinal case study of a large Chinese business conglomerate. Thirty-one semistructured interviews and seven focus-group discussions were conducted with 55 informants; company documents were also analyzed. We found sophisticated pre-entry entrepreneurial initiatives are critical for successful internationalization, as they enable emerging market firms to overcome some constraints, leverage their assets, and build competences for international venturing.
AB - The international expansion of Chinese firms is a remarkable phenomenon of contemporary international business. However, international expansion is particularly challenging for firms expanding from emerging market economies such as China because they have relatively few ownership advantages and suffer disadvantages. We apply a corporate entrepreneurship perspective to explore this under-researched topic via a longitudinal case study of a large Chinese business conglomerate. Thirty-one semistructured interviews and seven focus-group discussions were conducted with 55 informants; company documents were also analyzed. We found sophisticated pre-entry entrepreneurial initiatives are critical for successful internationalization, as they enable emerging market firms to overcome some constraints, leverage their assets, and build competences for international venturing.
KW - China
KW - corporate entrepreneurship
KW - emerging market economies
KW - internationalization
KW - multinational enterprise
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DO - 10.1002/tie.22030
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SP - 243
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JO - Thunderbird International Business Review
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