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Racing to the bottom and racing to the top: The crucial role of firm characteristics in foreign direct investment choices

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  1. Hutzschenreuter, Thomas & Matt, Tanja & Kleindienst, Ingo, 2020. "Going subnational: A literature review and research agenda," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 55(4).
  2. Zhe Zhang & Xin Wang & Ming Jia, 2021. "Echoes of CEO Entrepreneurial Orientation: How and When CEO Entrepreneurial Orientation Influences Dual CSR Activities," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 169(4), pages 609-629, April.
  3. Michael Nippa & Sanjay Patnaik & Markus Taussig, 2021. "MNE responses to carbon pricing regulations: Theory and evidence," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 52(5), pages 904-929, July.
  4. Ji Li & Ying Zhang & Yanghong Hu & Xiaolong Tao & Wanxing Jiang & Lei Qi, 2018. "Developed market or developing market?: A perspective of institutional theory on multinational enterprises’ diversification and sustainable development with environmental protection," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(7), pages 858-871, November.
  5. Yuping Deng & Yanrui Wu & Helian Xu, 2020. "Political Connections and Firm Pollution Behaviour: An Empirical Study," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 75(4), pages 867-898, April.
  6. Amer, Estefania, 2023. "Internationalization, institutional pressures in foreign markets, and environmental sustainability," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 29(1).
  7. Panikos Georgallis & João Albino-Pimentel & Nina Kondratenko, 2021. "Jurisdiction shopping and foreign location choice: The role of market and nonmarket experience in the European solar energy industry," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 52(5), pages 853-877, July.
  8. Li, Houjian & Tang, Mengqian & Cao, Andi & Guo, Lili, 2024. "How to reduce firm pollution discharges: Does political leaders' gender matter?," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 204(C).
  9. Hao, Yu & Guo, Yunxia & Li, Suixin & Luo, Shiyue & Jiang, Xueting & Shen, Zhiyang & Wu, Haitao, 2022. "Towards achieving the sustainable development goal of industry: How does industrial agglomeration affect air pollution?," Innovation and Green Development, Elsevier, vol. 1(1).
  10. Jing‐Lin Duanmu & Maoliang Bu & Russell Pittman, 2018. "Does market competition dampen environmental performance? Evidence from China," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(11), pages 3006-3030, November.
  11. Arpita Joardar & Joseph Sarkis, 2021. "An examination of sustainable development of supply chain using foreignness perspective," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1), pages 630-642, January.
  12. Flladina Zilja & Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah & Christopher Albert Sabel, 2022. "Do Environmental Policies Affect MNEs’ Foreign Subsidiary Investments? An Empirical Investigation," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 62(1), pages 53-102, February.
  13. Chun, Wootae & Wang, Zhan & Gon Kim, Hyun, 2024. "Do environmental regulations drive MNEs’ equity ownership? Considering the impact of exogenous shocks on MNEs’ cross-border acquisitions," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
  14. Qian Wang & Zhuoya Du & Boyu Wang & Yung‐ho Chiu & Tzu‐Han Chang, 2022. "Environmental regulation and foreign direct investment attractiveness: Evidence from China provinces," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(2), pages 899-917, May.
  15. Imad Moosa, 2019. "The Environmental Effects of FDI: Evidence from MENA Countries," Working Papers 1321, Economic Research Forum, revised 21 Aug 2019.
  16. Hartmann, Julia & Inkpen, Andrew & Ramaswamy, Kannan, 2022. "An FsQCA exploration of multiple paths to ecological innovation adoption in European transportation," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 57(5).
  17. Samuli Patala & Jouni K. Juntunen & Sarianna Lundan & Tiina Ritvala, 2021. "Multinational energy utilities in the energy transition: A configurational study of the drivers of FDI in renewables," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 52(5), pages 930-950, July.
  18. Tan, Man & Yang, Dengyu & Yang, Qijing, 2023. "Institutional quality, asset specificity, and foreign direct investment," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
  19. Chen, Hong & Gangopadhyay, Partha & Singh, Baljeet & Chen, Kairan, 2023. "What motivates Chinese multinational firms to invest in Asia? Poor institutions versus rich infrastructures of a host country," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 189(C).
  20. Qiuping Chen & Bo Ning & Yue Pan & Jinli Xiao, 2022. "Green finance and outward foreign direct investment: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment of green insurance in China," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 39(3), pages 899-924, September.
  21. Yiming Zhuang & Meltem Denizel & Frank Montabon, 2023. "Examining Firms’ Sustainability Frontier: Efficiency in Reaching the Triple Bottom Line," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-22, May.
  22. Deng, Yuping & Wu, Yanrui & Xu, Helian, 2019. "Political turnover and firm pollution discharges: An empirical study," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 58(C).
  23. Maximilian Stallkamp & Brian C Pinkham & Andreas P J Schotter & Olha Buchel, 2018. "Core or periphery? The effects of country-of-origin agglomerations on the within-country expansion of MNEs," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 49(8), pages 942-966, October.
  24. Bu, Maoliang & Xu, Liang & Tang, Ryan W., 2023. "MNEs’ transfer of socially irresponsible practices: A replication with new extensions," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 58(2).
  25. Boungou, Whelsy & Dufau, Bastien, 2024. "EU ETS phase IV and Industrial performance," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 236(C).
  26. Ryan W. Tang & Chengli Shu & Kevin Z. Zhou, 2022. "State ownership of Chinese firms and their outward foreign direct investment: Political and economic contingencies," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 39(3), pages 1097-1123, September.
  27. Peter M. Madsen & Vinit Desai, 2018. "No Firm Is an Island: The Role of Population-Level Actors in Organizational Learning from Failure," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 29(4), pages 739-753, August.
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  29. Yingqi Wei & Sasa Ding & Ziko Konwar, 2022. "The two faces of FDI in environmental performance: a meta-analysis of empirical evidence in China," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 65-94, January.
  30. Liqiang Chen & Ming Gao, 2020. "The effects of three types of China's official turnover on air quality: A regression discontinuity study," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 1081-1101, September.
  31. Weinfurtner, Tania & Seidl, David, 2019. "Towards a spatial perspective: An integrative review of research on organisational space," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 35(2).
  32. Deng, Yuping & Wu, Yanrui & Xu, Helian, 2019. "Political connections and firm pollution behaviour: An empirical study," BOFIT Discussion Papers 4/2019, Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT).
  33. Zhenzhong Ma & Maoliang Bu, 2021. "A New Research Horizon for Mass Entrepreneurship Policy and Chinese Firms’ CSR: Introduction to the Thematic Symposium," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 169(4), pages 603-607, April.
  34. Yu, Yongze & Li, Ke & Duan, Shenglan & Song, Chenchen, 2023. "Economic growth and environmental pollution in China: New evidence from government work reports," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
  35. Assad Ullah & Xinshun Zhao & Muhammad Abdul Kamal & Jiajia Zheng, 2022. "Environmental regulations and inward FDI in China: Fresh evidence from the asymmetric autoregressive distributed lag approach," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(1), pages 1340-1356, January.
  36. Ascani, Andrea & Nair, Lakshmi Balachandran & Iammarino, Simona, 2023. "Racing to the bottom or seeking legitimacy? National environmental performance and the location strategies of Chinese MNEs," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 29(2).
  37. Peter J Buckley & Jonathan P Doh & Mirko H Benischke, 2017. "Towards a renaissance in international business research? Big questions, grand challenges, and the future of IB scholarship," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 48(9), pages 1045-1064, December.
  38. Rui Pang & Minjun Shi & Dan Zheng, 2022. "Who comply better? The moderating role of firm heterogeneity on the performance of environmental regulation in China," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(5), pages 6302-6326, May.
  39. Kayleigh Bruijn & Panikos Georgallis & João Albino-Pimentel & Arno Kourula & Hildy Teegen, 2024. "MNE–civil society interactions: a systematic review and research agenda," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 55(2), pages 136-156, March.
  40. Tulin Dzhengiz & Eva Niesten, 2020. "Competences for Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Review on the Impact of Absorptive Capacity and Capabilities," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 162(4), pages 881-906, April.
  41. Jiwon Yang & Jay Hyuk Rhee, 2020. "CSR disclosure against boycotts: evidence from Korea," Asian Business & Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 19(3), pages 311-343, July.
  42. Francesco Calza & Adele Parmentola & Ilaria Tutore, 2021. "For green or not for green? The effect of cooperation goals and type on environmental performance," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1), pages 267-281, January.
  43. Cheng-Hua Tzeng, 2024. "Pollution Haven, Private Politics, and Competitive Dynamics: How Do Irresponsible MNEs Challenged by an International NGO Compete to Act Responsibly?," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 64(5), pages 871-924, October.
  44. Elizabeth Napier & Gary Knight & Yadong Luo & Andrew Delios, 2023. "Corporate social performance in international business," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 54(1), pages 61-77, February.
  45. Christian Schwens & Marcus Wagner, 2019. "The role of firm-internal corporate environmental standards for organizational performance," Journal of Business Economics, Springer, vol. 89(7), pages 823-843, September.
  46. Zhou, Yuanyuan & Liu, Peng & Teng, Min & Wang, Zhen, 2023. "Back to roots: TMTs’ country-specific experience, FDI preference, and political center favoritism," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(4).
  47. Zhou, Kuo & Qu, Zhi & Wei, Zhixuan & Zhao, Jiyang, 2023. "Does government fiscal pressure matter for firm environmental performance? The role of environmental regulation and tax competition," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 1187-1204.
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  51. Haitao Yu & Pratima Bansal & Diane-Laure Arjaliès, 2023. "International business is contributing to environmental crises," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 54(6), pages 1151-1169, August.
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  53. Eugénie Coche & Ans Kolk & Václav Ocelík, 2024. "Unravelling cross-country regulatory intricacies of data governance: the relevance of legal insights for digitalization and international business," Journal of International Business Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 7(1), pages 112-127, March.
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