Qu, Y and Wei, Y (2017) The Role of Domestic Institutions and FDI on Innovation—Evidence from Chinese Firms. Asian Economic Papers, 16 (2). pp. 55-76. ISSN 1535-3516
Abstract
This paper investigates the enabling factors of domestic institutions and foreign direct investment (FDI) on firm innovation in China. China has made significant institutional changes and has attracted substantial FDI, aiming to facilitate domestic innovation. Drawing on the institution-based view, we investigate how domestic institutions and FDI affect firm innovation. The results from a comparative case study of five Chinese firms and a large-sample econometric analysis based on Chinese firms reveal the positive impact of domestic institutions on innovation, but FDI is shown to have negligible effects. We argue that, given China's institutional setting, FDI may be a channel for technology transfer but this does not necessarily lead to innovation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 by the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Asian Economic Papers. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2017 13:01 |
Last Modified: | 31 May 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MIT Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1162/ASEP_a_00519 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:118878 |