Topic: HOW DOES FDI STIMULATE DOMESTIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AN EMERGING MARKET? EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

Date & Time: 14:00-15:30pm, April 9^th, 2018

Venue: Room 309, Tongji Building A

Language: English

Speaker:Dr. LI Haiyang

Area Coordinator of the Strategy & Environment Group

Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University

ABSTRACT

How does foreign direct investment (FDI) stimulate domestic entrepreneurship in an emerging market? Different from prior research which primarily focuses on the presence of FDIs, we argue that when prospective domestic entrepreneurs are better exposed to foreign firms for knowledge and business opportunities in an industry, they are more likely to enter the industry. We propose that such exposure will be affected by how foreign firms enter the host market and what these firms do after entry. Using a unique dataset from a Chinese technology cluster, we found that the founding of new domestic firms is determined by foreign firms’ entry scale, entry speed, as well as their strategic activities. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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