General Management Department's Lecture

Theme：Institutional fragility and outward foreign direct investment from China

Speaker：Weilei (Stone) Shi （City University of New York）

Time：2019-12-18 14:00

Address：明德商学楼1007室

Language：English

PartⅠ

Title：Institutional fragility and outward foreign direct investment from China

Speaker：Weilei (Stone) Shi (City University of New York)

Time：14:00—15:30, (Wednesday), Dec 18th, 2019

Venue：Room 1007, Mingde Business Building

Language：English

Abstract：

We develop the concept of institutional fragility to investigate the outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) behavior of firms from emerging economies. When different dimensions of institutions are not progressing at the same pace, internal friction and conflict arise during institutional development. Such fragility could push a firm to escape its home country as a strategic response. Using a sample of 578,360 Chinese firm-year observations over a 10-year period, we find that institutional fragility at the provincial level is associated with increased OFDI decision. This relationship is weaker when firms have high productivity or have been controlled by state with high ownership, stronger when firms have a high level of export network. Overall, our institutional fragility perspective extends and enriches the institution-based view and offers new insights into OFDI behavior. 

PartⅡ

Title：Publishing papers in top management journals

Speaker：Weilei (Stone) Shi (City University of New York)

Time：15:45—16:30, (Wednesday), Dec 18th, 2019

Venue：Room 1007, Mingde Business Building

Language：English

Abstract：

Getting papers with a Chinese context published in top management journal is increasingly challenging, despite the salient opportunities. The speaker will share with the audience his own experience as an author and as a top journal editor with Journal of Management Studies.