Business environment and the choice of entry mode of OFDI: Evidence from China

IF 2.9 3区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Qing Xie , Hua Yin
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Abstract

The business environment is the foundation for the survival and development of market entities, and the choice of entry mode of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is an important strategic decision for the OFDI behavior of market entities. Studying the relationship between the business environment and the OFDI entry mode of enterprises is one of the essential contents to stimulate the vitality of market entities and promote economic circulation. Based on the data from the World Bank’s Doing Business Database and China’s OFDI events from 2010 to 2019, this paper examines the impact of the business environment on enterprises’ OFDI entry mode choices from varying perspectives, such as enterprises’ different life cycles, heterogeneous investment motivations, and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The result shows that the business environment is an essential factor affecting the choice of OFDI mode. The better the business environment in the host country, the more favorable it will be for Chinese enterprises to choose cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Different investment motivations and the BRI have a moderating effect on enterprises’ OFDI entry mode choice. An improved business environment makes it easier for companies to boost cross-border M&A in developing countries than in developed ones. “Starting a business” and “trading across borders” will have a positive impact on cross-border M&A, and “getting credit” will encourage enterprises to choose the OFDI mode of greenfield investments.

商业环境与对外直接投资进入模式的选择:来自中国的证据
营商环境是市场主体生存和发展的基础,对外直接投资进入方式的选择是市场主体对外直接投资行为的重要战略决策。研究营商环境与企业对外直接投资进入方式的关系,是激发市场主体活力、促进经济循环的重要内容之一。本文基于世界银行营商环境数据库数据和2010-2019年中国对外直接投资事件,从企业不同生命周期、异质性投资动机、"一带一路 "倡议等不同视角,研究营商环境对企业对外直接投资进入模式选择的影响。研究结果表明,商业环境是影响企业对外直接投资模式选择的重要因素。东道国的商业环境越好,越有利于中国企业选择跨国并购。不同的投资动机和 "金砖倡议 "对企业对外直接投资进入模式的选择具有调节作用。商业环境的改善使企业在发展中国家比在发达国家更容易推动跨国并购。"创业 "和 "跨境贸易 "会对跨境并购产生积极影响,"获得信贷 "会鼓励企业选择绿地投资的对外直接投资模式。
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CiteScore
4.70
自引率
9.40%
发文量
90
期刊介绍: The Journal of Asian Economics provides a forum for publication of increasingly growing research in Asian economic studies and a unique forum for continental Asian economic studies with focus on (i) special studies in adaptive innovation paradigms in Asian economic regimes, (ii) studies relative to unique dimensions of Asian economic development paradigm, as they are investigated by researchers, (iii) comparative studies of development paradigms in other developing continents, Latin America and Africa, (iv) the emerging new pattern of comparative advantages between Asian countries and the United States and North America.
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