Internationalization,diversification,and entrepreneurship of Chinese firms.
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Integrating and extending the literature on institutions, strategy, entrepreneurship, and international business, this dissertation contributes to our understanding of internationalization, diversification, and entrepreneurship strategies with data from Chinese firms. Chapter 2 (Essay 1) focuses on what institutional factors influence firms to engage in outbound internationalization during institutional transitions. I develop an institution-based framework suggesting that greater institutional advancement at home promotes firms' outbound internationalization during institutional transitions. In Chapter 3 (Essay 2), I address two questions: What are the creation and extracting mechanisms behind Schumpeterian rents and Ricardian rents? Can Ricardian rents and Schumpeterian rents be mutually transferable? I identify the dynamics of strategic choices of international and product diversification. In Chapter 4 (Essay 3), I focus on: What is the role of privatization in stimulating corporate entrepreneurship? I argue that at the macro level, market-based deregulation positively affects corporate entrepreneurship, and that at the micro level, there is a positive effect of market-based incentive mechanisms on entrepreneurship.