FDI distribution within China: An integrative conceptual framework for analyzing intra-country FDI variations

Sethi, Deepak; Judge, William Q.; Sun, Qian

doi:10.1007/s10490-009-9144-5

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“…Relatedly, subnational variance in institutional quality across administrative units is found to be a key determinant accounting for the spatial concentration of MNE activities in particular places (e.g. provinces) within emerging economies (Li and Park 2006;Meyer and Nguyen 2005;Sethi et al 2011). Furthermore, the tendency for MNEs to mimic the spatial decisions of other MNEs is more pronounced for those investing in emerging economies (Tan and Meyer 2011).…”

Section: Emerging Markets/emnementioning

confidence: 97%

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Foreign Location Choice: Review and Extensions

Kim

Aguilera

2015

Int J Management Reviews

146

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International Business (IB) research on foreign-location choice has experienced a revival in recent years, yet a comprehensive review has been sorely lacking. The purpose of this review is to synthesize the findings of recently published articles on the topic of foreignlocation choice and offer fruitful directions for future research. This review consists of three sections: first, the authors provide a historical overview of this research stream by tracing its origins and analyzing the general trend that has shaped research on foreignlocation choice. Next, the authors conduct a review of 137 recent articles published in leading IB and business/management journals. These articles are categorized according to common topics, and the main findings of each category are synthesized in order to bring some cohesion to this fragmented field. Lastly, the authors identify issues that remain under-researched or require re-thinking some taken-for-granted assumptions. Through this effort, they are able to connect the past, present and future of research on foreign-location choice and to shed some new light on the IB literature.

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Section: Emerging Markets/emnementioning

confidence: 97%

“…provinces) within emerging economies (Li and Park ; Meyer and Nguyen ; Sethi et al . ). Furthermore, the tendency for MNEs to mimic the spatial decisions of other MNEs is more pronounced for those investing in emerging economies (Tan and Meyer ).…”

Section: Findings From Literature Review Of Recent Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Foreign Location Choice: Review and Extensions

Kim

Aguilera

2015

Int J Management Reviews

146

133

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“…In essence, between country location choice studies implicitly assume that locational features conditioned at the level of the country are reflected homogeneously across all subnational regions. However, not only is this an unrealistic assumption for any country but city states (Mataloni, 2011;Chan et al, 2010), it also offers only a stylised and highly unspecific account of the spatial decision making of MNEs in practice (Sethi et al, 2011). For example, a particular business function is not located at a country level; rather, it is geographically positioned within a country and within country differences are likely to have conditioned where the business function is located (Meyer & Nguyen, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

Place, space, and foreign direct investment into peripheral cities

McDonald

Buckley

Voss

et al. 2018

International Business Review

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Perspectives drawn from the economic geography literature are increasingly used to generate insights into locational issues in international business. In this paper, we seek to integrate these literatures further by investigating the locational determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) into peripheral cities within an emerging economy. Peripheral cities in emerging economies are attracting a growing proportion of global FDI flows, but the international business literature lacks a framework for understanding subnational determinants of FDI, particularly into non-core locations. We draw on the core-periphery model to build and test theory on how spatial interdependencies between subnational locations impact on the distribution of FDI inflows into a large and heterogeneous country China. Our results show that whilst peripheral cities tend to have a negative effect on FDI, this effect is positively moderated by proximity to core cities. The results highlight the importance of considering interactions between place and space when investigating locational issues in international business.

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“…A study by Babatunde (2011) in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) recommends that developing countries in SSA should not only develop macroeconomic policies and structural reform programs that will encourage economic openness, infrastructure, and development and reduce inflation rates, but they must also ensure that these policies are properly implemented to attract foreign investment for sustainable growth. Sethi et al (2011) in China find that the FDI location, which was previously attractive, eventually becomes unattractive for investment due to the increase of competitive intensity and escalation of the real-estate prices and wages in the location. In some cases, the national or provincial governments create a disincentive for the location and this has encouraged FDI to move to the less developed provinces.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Across Provinces in Indonesia: The Role of Market Size, Resources, and Competitiveness

2019

JEM

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The paper aims to analyze the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indonesia for the period of 1990-2014, before and after the implementation of the regional autonomy policy. This study used a panel data regression technique throughout 26 province analysis units. Several important factors affecting the FDI across the provinces are considered, such as market size indicators (GDP and population), resource indicators (labor force and human resources), and competitiveness indicators (electricity, road length, wages, and export). The results show that only two indicators, namely resources and competitiveness, are statistically significant in influencing the FDI inflow across the provinces. The results of this study have several important implications on public policies aimed at attracting foreign direct investments to the provinces in Indonesia. The government must pay more attention to developing and improving the infrastructure, improving the quality of human resources both in formal and non-formal education through training and skills enhancement at productive age (workforce), and determining regional wage through agreement (deliberation) between the regional governments, employers and trade unions. There is also the need for regional governments to facilitate regional exports through export promotion and export training policies for regional entrepreneurs.

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FDI distribution within China: An integrative conceptual framework for analyzing intra-country FDI variations

Abstract: FDI location decision, China, Investment incentives, Industry-specific FDI determinants, Intra-country FDI variations,

Cited by 27 publications

References 54 publications

Foreign Location Choice: Review and Extensions

Foreign Location Choice: Review and Extensions

Place, space, and foreign direct investment into peripheral cities

The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Across Provinces in Indonesia: The Role of Market Size, Resources, and Competitiveness

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