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Article: Power or Market? Location determinants of multinational headquarters in China
Title | Power or Market? Location determinants of multinational headquarters in China |
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Keywords | Decision making Empirical analysis Multinational enterprise Strategic approach Transitional economy |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | Pion Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.envplan.com |
Citation | Environment and Planning A, 2011, v. 43 n. 10, p. 2364-2383 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Multinational corporations (MNCs) have increasingly been establishing regional headquar-ters in China. However, no study has systematically examined how MNCs make strategic decisions about where to locate Chinese headquarters (CHQs) in this transition economy. The paper makes the first attempt to investigate the issue by focusing on two questions. First, what are the location-specific factors that determine where MNCs locate their CHQs? Second, how do these factors influence making the decision between Beijing and Shanghai, the two largest cities in China? We integrate existing literature and assess the differential roles of (1) path dependency, (2) institutional support, and (3) proximity to superior information. Data were collected through a large-scale survey of MNC CHQs in mainland China. The empirical analysis supports the three-dimensional framework and the central role of proximity to superior information in the decision-making process. The results advance existing understanding of MNC location decisions in China by revealing the unique interplay between power and market in this transition economy, and between Beijing and Shanghai, the two promising cities toward world city status, in particular. © 2011 Pion Ltd and its Licensors. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/157928 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.084 |
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dc.contributor.author | Wang, T | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Zhao, SX | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Gu, FF | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Y | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-08T08:56:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-08T08:56:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Environment and Planning A, 2011, v. 43 n. 10, p. 2364-2383 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0308-518X | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/157928 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Multinational corporations (MNCs) have increasingly been establishing regional headquar-ters in China. However, no study has systematically examined how MNCs make strategic decisions about where to locate Chinese headquarters (CHQs) in this transition economy. The paper makes the first attempt to investigate the issue by focusing on two questions. First, what are the location-specific factors that determine where MNCs locate their CHQs? Second, how do these factors influence making the decision between Beijing and Shanghai, the two largest cities in China? We integrate existing literature and assess the differential roles of (1) path dependency, (2) institutional support, and (3) proximity to superior information. Data were collected through a large-scale survey of MNC CHQs in mainland China. The empirical analysis supports the three-dimensional framework and the central role of proximity to superior information in the decision-making process. The results advance existing understanding of MNC location decisions in China by revealing the unique interplay between power and market in this transition economy, and between Beijing and Shanghai, the two promising cities toward world city status, in particular. © 2011 Pion Ltd and its Licensors. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Pion Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.envplan.com | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Environment and Planning A | en_HK |
dc.subject | Decision making | - |
dc.subject | Empirical analysis | - |
dc.subject | Multinational enterprise | - |
dc.subject | Strategic approach | - |
dc.subject | Transitional economy | - |
dc.title | Power or Market? Location determinants of multinational headquarters in China | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Wang, T: dtwang@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Zhao, SX: sxzhao@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Chen, Y: wendycy@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Wang, DT=rp01106 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Zhao, SX=rp00597 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Chen, WY=rp00589 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1068/a448 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-80055036589 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 209056 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-80055036589&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 43 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 2364 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 2383 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1472-3409 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000298067700009 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Chen, WY=35728317600 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Gu, FF=8341699100 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Zhao, SX=7403577707 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wang, DT=16553709100 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0308-518X | - |