Exploring the influence of political connections and managerial overconfidence on R&D intensity in China's large-scale private sector firms

Wang, D.; Sutherland, D.; Ning, L.; Wang, Y.; Pan, X.

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2017.10.007

A comparative Analysis of Institutional Arbitrage Strategies in Emerging and Developed Market MNEs: exploring tax haven subsidiary incorporation (2024)
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Hurst, J., & Sutherland, D. (2024). A comparative Analysis of Institutional Arbitrage Strategies in Emerging and Developed Market MNEs: exploring tax haven subsidiary incorporation. International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, 16(3), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBEM.2024.10057886

This paper explores: 1) the extent to which emerging market MNEs, owing to their generally fragile and weaker domestic institutional environments, are more predisposed towards institutional arbitrage related FDI than developed market MNEs; 2) identif... Read More about A comparative Analysis of Institutional Arbitrage Strategies in Emerging and Developed Market MNEs: exploring tax haven subsidiary incorporation.

Exploring the Impact of Establishment Mode on Intangible Strategic Asset Creation in Chinese MNEs: Springboard Cross-border Strategic Asset Seeking M&As Versus Greenfield R&D Related FDI Projects (2024)
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Sutherland, D., Anderson, J., Wu, L., & Severe, S. (2024). Exploring the Impact of Establishment Mode on Intangible Strategic Asset Creation in Chinese MNEs: Springboard Cross-border Strategic Asset Seeking M&As Versus Greenfield R&D Related FDI Projects. Asian Business and Management, 23, Article 519–543. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-024-00265-6

How does greenfield versus M&A FDI establishment mode influence intangible asset creation in the parent companies of Chinese MNEs undertaking overseas knowledge sourcing/strategic-asset-seeking types of FDI? We hypothesise that while springboard type... Read More about Exploring the Impact of Establishment Mode on Intangible Strategic Asset Creation in Chinese MNEs: Springboard Cross-border Strategic Asset Seeking M&As Versus Greenfield R&D Related FDI Projects.

Measuring Chinese MNE Activity: The Challenge of Corporate Inversions and Capital in Transit Related FDI   (2024)
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Anderson, J., Sutherland, D., & Hurst, J. (2024). Measuring Chinese MNE Activity: The Challenge of Corporate Inversions and Capital in Transit Related FDI  . Research in International Business and Finance, 70(Part A), Article 102355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102355

FDI data has historically been recorded on a bilateral basis between the immediate origin and destination of the investor. This approach, however, makes its use problematic for understanding MNE activity because: (i) offshore corporate inversions may... Read More about Measuring Chinese MNE Activity: The Challenge of Corporate Inversions and Capital in Transit Related FDI  .

Does Chinese Investment into Europe Facilitate Strategic Asset Growth in the Chinese Parent Company? The Role of Entry Mode (2024)
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Anderson, J., Sutherland, D., & Severe, S. (2024). Does Chinese Investment into Europe Facilitate Strategic Asset Growth in the Chinese Parent Company? The Role of Entry Mode. Economies, 12(3), Article 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies12030056

Strategic asset seeking foreign direct investment has undergone tremendous growth over the past decade. This paper first attempts to evaluate the location choice of such investments in Europe. We find that Chinese companies target strategic assets in... Read More about Does Chinese Investment into Europe Facilitate Strategic Asset Growth in the Chinese Parent Company? The Role of Entry Mode.

Are emerging market MNEs more attracted towards better patent enforcement regimes when undertaking greenfield R&D-focused FDI? (2023)
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Wu, L., Sutherland, D., & Anderson, J. R. (2023). Are emerging market MNEs more attracted towards better patent enforcement regimes when undertaking greenfield R&D-focused FDI?. Transnational corporations, 30(2), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.18356/2076099x-30-2-1

Multinational enterprises in emerging markets (EMNEs), owing to weak enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR), face challenges when undertaking domestic innovation. As a result, they may search for superior IPR environments in which to creat... Read More about Are emerging market MNEs more attracted towards better patent enforcement regimes when undertaking greenfield R&D-focused FDI?.

International Business Research: The Real Challenges are Data and Theory (2022)
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Hennart, J., & Sutherland, D. (2022). International Business Research: The Real Challenges are Data and Theory. Journal of International Business Studies, 53(2022), 2068-2087. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-022-00566-y

We agree with Aguinis and Gabriel that, contrary to Eden and Nielsen, international business (IB) is not uniquely complex, but argue that it faces two unique challenges. First, because it deals with cross-country phenomena, IB data are less plentiful... Read More about International Business Research: The Real Challenges are Data and Theory.

Are Chinese MNEs more Attracted to Knowledge Intensive City Clusters than Developed Market MNEs when Undertaking Greenfield R&D Related FDI? (2022)
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Wu, L., Sutherland, D., Peng, X., & Anderson, J. (2023). Are Chinese MNEs more Attracted to Knowledge Intensive City Clusters than Developed Market MNEs when Undertaking Greenfield R&D Related FDI?. Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness, 33(3), 534-556. https://doi.org/10.1108/cr-02-2022-0026

Purpose: Cities are host to many of the world’s knowledge intensive research and innovation clusters. As such, they are likely to be attractive locations for emerging market multinational enterprises (MNEs) seeking to engage in knowledge seeking “spr... Read More about Are Chinese MNEs more Attracted to Knowledge Intensive City Clusters than Developed Market MNEs when Undertaking Greenfield R&D Related FDI?.

Exploring the Use of Offshore Intermediary Jurisdictions by Chinese MNEs for the Purposes of ‘Onward-Journey’ Transit FDI: Implications for Measuring and Understanding Chinese MNE Activity (2022)
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Sutherland, D., Hurst, J., Peng, X., & Wu, L. (2022). Exploring the Use of Offshore Intermediary Jurisdictions by Chinese MNEs for the Purposes of ‘Onward-Journey’ Transit FDI: Implications for Measuring and Understanding Chinese MNE Activity. Asia Pacific Business Review, 28(2), 214-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2022.2013605

This paper explores (i) the extent to which Chinese multinational enterprises (CMNEs) undertake FDI via intermediary jurisdictions (also termed capital in transit (CIT)) and (ii) identifies the specific offshore locations are used by CMNEs to conduct... Read More about Exploring the Use of Offshore Intermediary Jurisdictions by Chinese MNEs for the Purposes of ‘Onward-Journey’ Transit FDI: Implications for Measuring and Understanding Chinese MNE Activity.

Patent- and Trademark-Seeking Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Chinese Firms: The Role of Business Group Affiliation (2021)
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Shi, X., Williams, C., Sutherland, D., & Rong, K. (2022). Patent- and Trademark-Seeking Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Chinese Firms: The Role of Business Group Affiliation. Industrial and Corporate Change, 31(3), 838-862. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtab073

We examine the relationship between business group affiliation of Chinese firms and their foreign acquisitive behaviour in terms of technology and brand-oriented strategic assets. Drawing on new internalization, business group and international busin... Read More about Patent- and Trademark-Seeking Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Chinese Firms: The Role of Business Group Affiliation.

Chinese MNE Acquisition of Unrelated Foreign Businesses: The Role of Diversified Business Group Affiliation, Private Ownership and Strategic Asset Seeking (2021)
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Shi, X., Sutherland, D., Williams, C., & Rong, K. (2021). Chinese MNE Acquisition of Unrelated Foreign Businesses: The Role of Diversified Business Group Affiliation, Private Ownership and Strategic Asset Seeking. Journal of Business Research, 129, 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.02.036

While the acquisition by Chinese firms of unrelated foreign businesses has become quite common, it is a highly risky undertaking not fully explained by international business scholars. Using resource-based and institutional theory, we hypothesize tha... Read More about Chinese MNE Acquisition of Unrelated Foreign Businesses: The Role of Diversified Business Group Affiliation, Private Ownership and Strategic Asset Seeking.

Analyzing the reliability of Chinese outward FDI studies: a replication approach (2020)
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Anderson, J., Sutherland, D., Fan, Z., & Yangyang, Z. (2021). Analyzing the reliability of Chinese outward FDI studies: a replication approach. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 17(4), 546-571. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-11-2019-0088

Purpose: Many academic studies in international business empirically test the determinants of Chinese outward (O)FDI. A weakness with these studies is the limited critical evaluation given to the way in which Chinese OFDI data is collected and used.... Read More about Analyzing the reliability of Chinese outward FDI studies: a replication approach.

Policy, Institutional Fragility, and Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment: An Empirical Examination of the Belt and Road Initiative (2020)
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Sutherland, D., Anderson, J., Bailey, N., & Alon, I. (2020). Policy, Institutional Fragility, and Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment: An Empirical Examination of the Belt and Road Initiative. Journal of International Business Policy, 3(3), 249-272. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-020-00056-8

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an important policy agenda undertaken by the Chinese government. We explore how the BRI – as well as an associated policy, the creation of Chinese overseas special economic zones – influences Chinese outward fore... Read More about Policy, Institutional Fragility, and Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment: An Empirical Examination of the Belt and Road Initiative.

A Comparative Analysis of Location and Non-Location-Bounded Strategic Asset Seeking in Emerging and Developed Market MNEs: An Application of New Internalization Theory (2019)
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Sutherland, D., Anderson, J., & Hu, Z. (2020). A Comparative Analysis of Location and Non-Location-Bounded Strategic Asset Seeking in Emerging and Developed Market MNEs: An Application of New Internalization Theory. International Business Review, 29(2), Article 101635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101635

Do emerging market (E)MNEs have a stronger strategic asset seeking FDI orientation than developed market (D)MNEs? If so, what are the properties of the strategic assets they actually seek and are they similar or dissimilar to those of DMNEs? Drawing... Read More about A Comparative Analysis of Location and Non-Location-Bounded Strategic Asset Seeking in Emerging and Developed Market MNEs: An Application of New Internalization Theory.

Challenges for foreign companies in China: Implications for research and practice (2019)
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Froese, F., Sutherland, D., Lee, J., Liu, Y., & Pan, Y. (2019). Challenges for foreign companies in China: Implications for research and practice. Asian Business and Management, 18(4), 249-262. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-019-00084-0

As a large country with great development potential, China has been one of the most popular foreign direct investment destinations. However, foreign companies increasingly face a variety of challenges especially during the “soft-landing” of the Chine... Read More about Challenges for foreign companies in China: Implications for research and practice.

What factors influence student satisfaction with module quality? A comparative analysis in a UK business school context (2019)
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Sutherland, D., Warwick, P., & Anderson, J. (2019). What factors influence student satisfaction with module quality? A comparative analysis in a UK business school context. International Journal of Management Education, 17(3), Article 100312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2019.100312

Understanding the links between student satisfaction and module teaching quality is a concern to UK business schools. This paper explores the determinants of overall student module satisfaction, as well as their relative importance, comparing the mod... Read More about What factors influence student satisfaction with module quality? A comparative analysis in a UK business school context.

How does the routing of FDI to and via tax havens confound our understanding of Chinese MNE identity? A critical review of the empirical literature on Chinese MNEs (2019)
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Sutherland, D., Hennart, J., & Anderson, J. R. (2019). How does the routing of FDI to and via tax havens confound our understanding of Chinese MNE identity? A critical review of the empirical literature on Chinese MNEs. Asian Business and Management, 18(5), 337-359. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-019-00058-2

An extensive empirical literature tests the motivations and characteristics of the outward foreign direct investments of Chinese MNEs. Much of it, however, suffers from serious shortcomings in its treatment and use of foreign direct investment data.... Read More about How does the routing of FDI to and via tax havens confound our understanding of Chinese MNE identity? A critical review of the empirical literature on Chinese MNEs.

Trends in Chinese Offshore Incorporation (2019)
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Sutherland, D., & Anderson, J. (in press). Trends in Chinese Offshore Incorporation

How do Quality of Teaching, Assessment and Feedback Drive Undergraduate Course Satisfaction in U.K. Business Schools? A Comparative Analysis with Non-Business School Courses using the U.K. National Student Survey (2018)
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Sutherland, D., Warwick, P., Anderson, J., & Learmonth, M. (2018). How do Quality of Teaching, Assessment and Feedback Drive Undergraduate Course Satisfaction in U.K. Business Schools? A Comparative Analysis with Non-Business School Courses using the U.K. National Student Survey. Journal of Management Education, 42(5), 618-649. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562918787849

How does quality of teaching, assessment, and feedback influence satisfaction with overall course quality for students taking business school (BS) undergraduate courses in the United Kingdom? Are these teaching-related determinants of satisfaction in... Read More about How do Quality of Teaching, Assessment and Feedback Drive Undergraduate Course Satisfaction in U.K. Business Schools? A Comparative Analysis with Non-Business School Courses using the U.K. National Student Survey.

Is the Strategic Asset Seeking Investment Proclivity of Chinese MNEs Different to that of Developed Market MNEs? A Comparative Analysis of Location Choice and Orientation (2017)
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Sutherland, D., Anderson, J., & Hertenstein, P. (2018). Is the Strategic Asset Seeking Investment Proclivity of Chinese MNEs Different to that of Developed Market MNEs? A Comparative Analysis of Location Choice and Orientation. Management International Review, 58(6), 911-933. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-017-0339-6

Do emerging market MNEs acquire strategic assets in psychically distant developed markets to augment the firm-specific advantages they lack? This question is central to current conceptual discussion of their FDI strategies. To date, however, empirica... Read More about Is the Strategic Asset Seeking Investment Proclivity of Chinese MNEs Different to that of Developed Market MNEs? A Comparative Analysis of Location Choice and Orientation.

Exploring the influence of political connections and managerial overconfidence on R&D intensity in China's large-scale private sector firms (2017)
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Wang, D., Sutherland, D., Ning, L., Wang, Y., & Pan, X. (2018). Exploring the influence of political connections and managerial overconfidence on R&D intensity in China's large-scale private sector firms. Technovation, 69, 40-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2017.10.007

Political ties and managerial cognitive biases, specifically overconfidence, have been identified as affecting firm-level R&D processes and outcomes. Here we further conceptually and empirically explore how these two factors may influence R&D intensi... Read More about Exploring the influence of political connections and managerial overconfidence on R&D intensity in China's large-scale private sector firms.

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