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| Title: | | Early international entrepreneurship in China: Extent and determinants  |
| Authors: | | Naudé, Wim Rossouw, Stephanié |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Research paper / UNU-WIDER 2009.16 |
| Abstract: | | We use data on 3,948 Chinese firms obtained from the World Bank's Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey to investigate early international entrepreneurship (international new ventures) in China. The extent of early international entrepreneurship in China is significant: 65 per cent of the exporting firms start export operations within three years. Foreign shareholders within the firm and an entrepreneur with previous exporting experience are noted to significantly increase the probability that a firm internationalizes early. However, we find marked differences in the behaviour of indigenous and foreign-invested firms. Thus, while business networks are significant for firms wishing to export indirectly and for older indigenous firms, it is noted to delay the internationalization process of indigenous firms. Also, for an indigenous firm, the greater the foreign experience of its entrepreneur, the less likely it is to start exporting early. |
| Subjects: | | entrepreneurship internationalization international new ventures exports China |
| JEL: | | L26 L25 F14 F23 O53 |
| ISBN: | | 978-92-9230-185-9 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | WIDER Research Papers, United Nations University (UNU)
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