An Ambidexterity Perspective Toward Multinational Enterprises From Emerging Economies

State ownership effect on firms' FDI ownership decisions under institutional pressure: a study of Chinese outward-investing firms

“…Because of their affiliation with the home institutions, when they invest overseas, SOEs can be perceived by host country institutions, not simply as business entities, but also as political actors (Globerman & Shapiro, 2009;He & Lyles, 2008). Such a perception can pose challenges to SOEs' institutional processes in host countries (Luo & Rui, 2009;Peng, Wang, & Jiang, 2008). The political nature of the institutional processes SOEs engage in is not captured by the existing theory that views firms as active agents in their institutional environment (e.g., Oliver, 1991).…”

Market–political ambidexterity during institutional transitions

“…The emphasis is on organizational ambidexterity associated with the internal structures such as business units, processes, and systems-some focus on exploitation and others on exploration (March, 1991;O'Reilly and Tushman, 2008). Other work on ambidexterity has focused on multinationals from emerging economies (Luo and Rui, 2009), but it has not focused on the need for competencies in managing government relations. Essentially, none of the previous work has focused on the externally-oriented ambidexterity capabilities to embrace both governments and markets during institutional transitions in emerging economies.…”

“…A new area that awaits future research is how some emerging multinationals from emerging economies develop and strengthen market-political ambidexterity when venturing out of their home countries (Luo and Rui, 2009). For such emerging multinationals, market competition abroad is likely to be intense.…”

Entry mode and emerging market MNEs: An analysis of Chinese greenfield and acquisition FDI in the United States

“…A key bone of contention regards the question of whether asset augmenting strategies, as opposed to exploitation strategies, are common in EM MNEs (Buckley et al, 2007;Cuervo-Cazurra, 2012;Deng, 2012;Hennart, 2012;Wang et al, 2012;Yiu et al, 2007). The idea that EM MNEs have an asset augmentation approach to FDI, involving strategic asset seeking (SAS) behavior, has gained considerable traction within EM MNE specific theories (Deng, 2012;Luo & Rui, 2009;Luo & Tung, 2007;Wei, 2010). Many now argue that MNEs from countries such as China do in fact 'deviate from the predictions of existing theories' (Cui & Jiang, 2012, p. 266).…”