Chinese FDI and psychic distance perceptions on regulations in the German renewable energy sector

Vaccarini, Katiuscia; Lattemann, Christoph; Spigarelli, Francesca; Tavoletti, Ernesto

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2016.09.008

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“…This study builds on extant empirical research on the internationalization of other emerging markets, such as Hong Kong firms (Child et al , 2002) and UK firms in Brazil (Child et al , 2009), and positions itself in the IB studies of “distance” (e.g. Ghemawat, 2001), showing that PD perceptions may increase or decrease from the period before and the period after market entry (Vaccarini et al , 2017).…”

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“…Later scholars introduced economic distance (Berry et al , 2010), institutional (Xu and Shenkar, 2002; Salomon and Wu, 2012), cultural distance (Brouthers, 2002), and the concept of differences (Campbell et al , 2012) to the IB literature. Empirical research suggests that managers’ unfamiliarity, uncertainties, and perceptions of differences between the home and host country’s characteristics are relevant for IB (Powell and Ansic, 1997; Vaccarini et al , 2017) because it affects managers’ decisions in the internationalization process of firms (Child et al , 2002, 2009). In particular, the extant literature suggests a deeper investigation of these issues in the context of FDI from emerging market multinationals, since they are different from developed countries’ FDI (Chikhouni et al , 2017).…”

Section: Psychic Distance As a Determinant In Fdi Decision Makingmentioning

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“…Some recent international business (IB) studies prove the impact of PD on FDI (e.g. Child et al , 2002; Brewer., 2007; Child et al , 2009; Hashim, 2012; Puthusserry et al , 2014; Hertenstein et al , 2015) and show that managers’ perceptions are different before and after entering a market, due to their gathering of experiences over time (Vaccarini et al , 2017). Other recent studies demonstrate the need for investigating the differences between FDI from emerging market multinationals and those from developed countries in terms of “distance” (Chikhouni et al , 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Managers’ psychic distance and its impact on Chinese FDI to Germany in the environmental industry

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to analyze the impact of Chinese managers’ psychic distance (PD) with Germany on their businesses; and second, to investigate whether managers’ previous experiences affect their PD. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study research design is adopted. It is based on six Chinese companies that have recently entered Germany through FDI. Findings PD influences the decision making of Chinese FDI to Germany, it has an impact on Chinese businesses in Germany on 4 out of 12 dimensions, namely, legal, political, cultural aspects as well as language. Managers with no international experience (study, work, foreign investment practice) perceive a higher impact of PD dimensions on business with the host country, whereas the opposite is true for experienced ones. Originality/value While extensive research has been conducted on the PD construct under the point of view of the differences between the home and host country’s characteristics, this paper sheds lights on the impact of pre- and post- periods of investment, as well as over international experiences of managers investing abroad. It examines the environmental industry for Chinese FDI to Germany.

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Managers’ psychic distance and its impact on Chinese FDI to Germany in the environmental industry

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“…Renewable energy and its technology is produced by MNEs from the most advanced countries. Attracted by the future potential, several multinationals from developing and emerging markets have succeeded in becoming global players in the renewable energy sectors (Lv and Spigarelli, 2016;Vaccarini et al, 2017). For instance, the Chinese solar photovoltaic companies Hanergy and Trina Solar have rapidly been positioned both in China and abroad with substantial foreign direct investments in Asia, Africa and Latin America (Mathews and Tan, 2015).…”

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Renewable energy in international business

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Gonzalez-Perez

2020

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Purpose The purpose of this guest editorial is to introduce the special issue entitled “Renewable energy in international business.” Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a research agenda for the topic of the special issue and provides an overview of the articles included. Findings This guest editorial contains a discussion of the themes related to the topic, with a particular focus on the global production and adoption of renewable energies and dark sides of international renewable energy. Research limitations/implications This guest editorial considers how the articles included in the special issue contribute to research on renewable energy in international business and provides an avenue for future studies for a broader impact. Originality/value The discussion raises two important research streams that have remained overlooked in international business research, namely, global production and adoption of renewable energies and dark sides of international renewable energy. This guest editorial also highlights the potential of international business research to become more relevant by incorporating conceptual, methodological and empirical insights that inform the multidisciplinary community of renewable energy researchers.

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“…Although psychological distance has been extensively studied as an important academic field in the past few decades (Chen and Li, 2018), there are still many controversies on the empirical research of psychological distance among scholars (Vaccarini et al, 2017). At the micro-level, scholars have found that psychological distance affects people's cooperation tendencies and conflicts of opinion (Zheng et al, 2019), but they do not hold consistent views on how psychological distance affects individual behavior, promotes the spread of a behavior, and makes collective behaviors emerge.…”

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The Role of Psychological Distance in Influencing Pro-environmental Behavior Spread: Perceived Justice Enforceability as a Moderator

Zhang

Cao

2020

Front. Psychol.

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The social system can spread tightly coupled complex practices under the context that members of the social system do not have the shared experience that enables them to coordinate within longstanding tight formal organizations. To promote the understanding of such a process, and given the possibility for other members in the social system to cheat and adopt pro-environment behavior, we draw on the organizational justice literature and the perspective of justice enforceability, and construal level theory, to develop a conceptual model in which the impact of social members' perceived psychological distance on their response to other social members adoption of pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) is contingent on their perception of justice enforceability and cognitive appraisals (positive, not significant) towards other social members' adoption of PEBs. We find that when social members perceive that the adoption of pro-environment behaviors is justice-enforceable, their cognitive appraisals of other social members' adoption of PEBs is high, and then the more proximal the psychological distance they perceive, the stronger they will react to other social members' adoption of PEBs. Further, they will adopt and enact such behaviors, otherwise, they would be unwilling to adopt and enact such behaviors. So, uneven perceived psychological distance of social members can harm their adoption and the spread of pro-environment behavior. We tested our model in a survey study. Results show that the proposed model is supported, and our understanding is enhanced about how social members' willingness to adopt and spread pro-environment behavior is contingent on their perceptions of justice enforceability. This paper is comprised of five parts, of which include an introduction, a part on the theory and hypothesis, data and methods, results and discussion, and conclusion.

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Chinese FDI and psychic distance perceptions on regulations in the German renewable energy sector

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Managers’ psychic distance and its impact on Chinese FDI to Germany in the environmental industry

Managers’ psychic distance and its impact on Chinese FDI to Germany in the environmental industry

Renewable energy in international business

The Role of Psychological Distance in Influencing Pro-environmental Behavior Spread: Perceived Justice Enforceability as a Moderator

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