Internationalization Strategies of Firms: An Empirical Study of EU Companies' Expansion into China's Environmental Protection Sector

This study investigates development strategies EU companies deploy when entering the environmental protection sector in China, the extent strategic choices have been constrained by the liability of foreignness (LOF) arising from the institutional dissonance between home and host country contexts, an...

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Main Author: Ng, Lee Keng
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57111
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description This study investigates development strategies EU companies deploy when entering the environmental protection sector in China, the extent strategic choices have been constrained by the liability of foreignness (LOF) arising from the institutional dissonance between home and host country contexts, and the most effective coping strategies in overcoming the LOF. Case studies of six EU companies are conducted to contribute to a deeper understanding of corporate strategies in highly differentiated institutional settings.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-571112017-10-20T03:27:46Z Internationalization Strategies of Firms: An Empirical Study of EU Companies' Expansion into China's Environmental Protection Sector Ng, Lee Keng This study investigates development strategies EU companies deploy when entering the environmental protection sector in China, the extent strategic choices have been constrained by the liability of foreignness (LOF) arising from the institutional dissonance between home and host country contexts, and the most effective coping strategies in overcoming the LOF. Case studies of six EU companies are conducted to contribute to a deeper understanding of corporate strategies in highly differentiated institutional settings. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57111 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Ng, Lee Keng
Internationalization Strategies of Firms: An Empirical Study of EU Companies' Expansion into China's Environmental Protection Sector
title Internationalization Strategies of Firms: An Empirical Study of EU Companies' Expansion into China's Environmental Protection Sector
title_full Internationalization Strategies of Firms: An Empirical Study of EU Companies' Expansion into China's Environmental Protection Sector
title_fullStr Internationalization Strategies of Firms: An Empirical Study of EU Companies' Expansion into China's Environmental Protection Sector
title_full_unstemmed Internationalization Strategies of Firms: An Empirical Study of EU Companies' Expansion into China's Environmental Protection Sector
title_short Internationalization Strategies of Firms: An Empirical Study of EU Companies' Expansion into China's Environmental Protection Sector
title_sort internationalization strategies of firms: an empirical study of eu companies' expansion into china's environmental protection sector
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57111