IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/mimoxx/v49y2019i2p151-172.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Foreign Ownership and External Knowledge Acquisition: A Comparison between International Subsidiaries and Local Firms in China

Author

Listed:
  • Zhi Yang
  • Tian Wei

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between foreign ownership and External Knowledge Acquisition (EKA) in China, and posits that international subsidiaries and local firms exhibit different rationales with regard to EKA. Using nationwide enterprise survey data on 320 Chinese firms, this study tests a model developed from resource dependency theory and institutional theory. We find that foreign ownership positively affects EKA, and that this relationship is moderated by both institution legislation hazards and contract enforcement hazards but with contrasting effects: the positive moderation of the former but the negative one of the latter. This study also provides important implications for the managers of international subsidiaries and local firms regarding their knowledge acquisition strategies.

Suggested Citation

  • Zhi Yang & Tian Wei, 2019. "Foreign Ownership and External Knowledge Acquisition: A Comparison between International Subsidiaries and Local Firms in China," International Studies of Management & Organization, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(2), pages 151-172, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:mimoxx:v:49:y:2019:i:2:p:151-172
    DOI: 10.1080/00208825.2019.1608400
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/00208825.2019.1608400
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/00208825.2019.1608400?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.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Ying Guo, 2023. "External Knowledge Acquisition and Green Innovation in Chinese Firms: Unveiling the Impact of Green Dynamic Capabilities," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(3), pages 21582440231, July.

    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:mimoxx:v:49:y:2019:i:2:p:151-172. 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/mimo .

    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.