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Chinese multinational enterprises bridging technologies across home and host regions

Chinese multinational enterprises bridging technologies across home and host regions

Chinese multinational enterprises bridging technologies across home and host regions

A chapter in collaboration with Vito Amendolagine, Elisa Giuliani and Arianna Martinelli published in the book Innovative Capabilities and the Globalization of Chinese Firms: Becoming Leaders in Knowledge-intensive Innovation Ecosystems edited by Maureen McKelvey and Ju Jin.

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(New) Technologies and the MNE: the crisis of ownership competitive advantages?

(New) Technologies and the MNE: the crisis of ownership competitive advantages?

(New) Technologies and the MNE: the crisis of ownership competitive advantages?

On April 2019 I was invited to participate at a round table on the crisis of ownership competitive advantages at the 7th International Business Conference organized by the John Dunning Centre at the Henley Business School (University of Reading).

Here you can download the ppt of my speech.

Do Chinese State-Owned and private Enterprises Differ in their Internationalization Strategies?

Do Chinese State-Owned and private Enterprises Differ in their Internationalization Strategies?

5 most highly cited in China Economic Review, 27: 312-325

The article is co-authored with Alessia Amighini and Marco Sanfilippo.

We empirically analyse the host country determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investments (FDI) for the years 2003 to 2011, using disaggregated data by country and industry. Our aim is to assess the relevance of market seeking, resource seeking and strategic asset-seeking motivations as suggested by the theory on host country determinants of FDI.

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Regional strategic assets and the location strategies of emerging countries’ multinationals in Europe

Regional strategic assets and the location strategies of emerging countries’ multinationals in Europe

European Planning Studies, 24(4): 645-667

This article is co-authored with Riccardo Crescenzi and Carlo Pietrobelli

This paper explores the location strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs) from emerging countries (EMNEs) in search for regional strategic assets.The empirical results suggest that EMNEs are attracted by the availability of technological competences only when their subsidiaries pursue more sophisticated and technology-intensive activities.

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