Outward foreign direct investment by emerging market firms: A resource dependence logic

• Main Authors: XIA, Jun, MA, Xufei, LU, Jane W., YIU, Daphne W.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Resource dependence theory; Interdependence; State ownership; Outward foreign direct investment; Emerging market firm; Business; Finance and Financial Management; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7320; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8319/viewcontent/Outward_foreign_direct_investment_by_emerging_market_firms_A_resource.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study examines and extends the resource dependence logic of diversification for a better understanding of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) activities by emerging market firms. We contend that the diversification logic is bounded by state ownership, an important but less considered compo...