An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Foreign Investment in China: A Western Australian Perspective

The literature, regarding the determinants of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, emphasizes national or regional inward FDI, and largely depends on secondary data. This study reports findings from the analysis of primary data provided by 43 managers of Western Australian companies that...

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Main Authors: Liu, Yi, Pearson, Cecil
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11818
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description The literature, regarding the determinants of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, emphasizes national or regional inward FDI, and largely depends on secondary data. This study reports findings from the analysis of primary data provided by 43 managers of Western Australian companies that are either operating or planning to invest in China reveals market size, labor cost, and business ethics were important factors for promoting foreign investment to the Chinese marketplace; while gender, organizational size, and networking have potential to play a significant mediating role in investment decisions. These exploratory observations are a departure point for further investigations.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-118182017-09-13T14:59:50Z An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Foreign Investment in China: A Western Australian Perspective Liu, Yi Pearson, Cecil The literature, regarding the determinants of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, emphasizes national or regional inward FDI, and largely depends on secondary data. This study reports findings from the analysis of primary data provided by 43 managers of Western Australian companies that are either operating or planning to invest in China reveals market size, labor cost, and business ethics were important factors for promoting foreign investment to the Chinese marketplace; while gender, organizational size, and networking have potential to play a significant mediating role in investment decisions. These exploratory observations are a departure point for further investigations. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11818 10.1080/10599231.2010.480847 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Liu, Yi
Pearson, Cecil
An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Foreign Investment in China: A Western Australian Perspective
title An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Foreign Investment in China: A Western Australian Perspective
title_full An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Foreign Investment in China: A Western Australian Perspective
title_fullStr An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Foreign Investment in China: A Western Australian Perspective
title_full_unstemmed An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Foreign Investment in China: A Western Australian Perspective
title_short An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Foreign Investment in China: A Western Australian Perspective
title_sort empirical study of the determinants of foreign investment in china: a western australian perspective
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11818