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How technological heterogeneity in FDI shapes entrepreneurial structures

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  • Wang, Jia
  • Xu, Bo
  • Liu, Meiling
  • Yu, Jiagen
  • Chen, Mengzhong
  • Tian, Guixian

Abstract

Drawing upon the principles of new structural economics, this study formulates a comprehensive entrepreneurial industry, technological, and capital structures. We explore the mechanisms of how overall foreign direct investment (FDI) and technologically heterogeneous FDI shape the entrepreneurial landscape of the host country. Using panel data from 31 provinces in China spanning 2011 to 2021, we empirically investigate the impact of these FDI types on China's entrepreneurial structure. Our findings reveal a nuanced relationship. At the index level, the influence of overall FDI on China's entrepreneurial industry structure exhibits a distinct “U-shape” curve, whereas a clear “inverted U-shape” curve is observed in case of China's entrepreneurial technology and capital structures. When considering absolute terms, overall FDI refines China's entrepreneurial structure through its varied effects across different industries. Furthermore, in the context of technological heterogeneity, technology-intensive FDI has a significant negative effect on the technology and capital structure of firms, capital-intensive FDI has an insignificant positive effect on entrepreneurial capital structure and a significant positive effect on entrepreneurial industry structure, and labor-intensive FDI has no notable effect on the entrepreneurial industry, technology, or capital structure.

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  • Wang, Jia & Xu, Bo & Liu, Meiling & Yu, Jiagen & Chen, Mengzhong & Tian, Guixian, 2025. "How technological heterogeneity in FDI shapes entrepreneurial structures," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finana:v:101:y:2025:i:c:s1057521925000730
    DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2025.103986
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