IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/indinn/v30y2023i5p556-584.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Economic complexity and the global asset-seeking strategies of Chinese multinationals

Author

Listed:
  • Andrea Ascani
  • Paula Prenzel

Abstract

This article investigates the role of economic complexity in capturing asset-seeking motives and strategies of global knowledge accumulation by analysing the location decisions of Chinese multinationals. Using data on 14,873 Chinese subsidiaries in 78 countries for 2007–2015, we find that investment is associated with locations with lower economic complexity. This applies especially for destination countries within the OECD and MNCs in knowledge-intensive industries, whereas firms with a strong knowledge base may instead seek out locations with high economic complexity. Results are consistent with a strategy of accessing relatively low-complexity capabilities that can be accumulated to build and reinforce the international advantage and competitiveness of the multinational.

Suggested Citation

  • Andrea Ascani & Paula Prenzel, 2023. "Economic complexity and the global asset-seeking strategies of Chinese multinationals," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(5), pages 556-584, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:indinn:v:30:y:2023:i:5:p:556-584
    DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2022.2088335
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13662716.2022.2088335
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/13662716.2022.2088335?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:indinn:v:30:y:2023:i:5:p:556-584. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/CIAI20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.