Dear colleagues,
It is with great excitement that we publish this Special Issue on 'Understanding Contemporary Chinese Multinational Enterprises (CMNEs)'. Situating the CMNEs' growth and global expansion in the business environment of the mid-2020s against the backdrop of the surge of technological innovation, intense geopolitical tension, and trade wars this special issue discuss the growth of CMNEs to derive implications for international business (IB) theory. In the introductory piece, the guest editors review key theoretical perspectives that inform prior research on CMNEs and outline the key challenges confronting CMNEs' international expansion, as gauged against prior research.
I would like to thank the guest editors –Fang Lee Cooke, Maoliang Bu, Byung Il Park, Jeoung Yul Lee, and Andrew Delios – for their dedication to the special issue. They have made tremendous efforts to ensure the quality of the special issue. They identify emerging business models that are distinctive to CMNEs, which have notable implications for theory development. They also summarize the major findings that emerged from the eight articles included in the special issue and discuss how these findings may help us derive implications for international business (IB) theory in general.
Xiao-Ping Chen, Editor of MOR
Special Issue on 'Understanding Contemporary Chinese MNEs'
Letter from the Editor
Introductory Paper
Fang Lee Cooke, Maoliang Bu, Byung Il Park, Jeoung Yul Lee, and Andrew Delios
Chinese Multinational Enterprises in a New Reality: Advancing International Business Theory
Articles
Xinya Guan, Junying Liu, Michael N. Young, and Hongjuan Zhang
Trying to Please Multiplayer Bosses: How the Subsidiaries of Chinese Multinationals Sell OFDI Initiatives to Their Headquarters
Huan Zou, Pervez Ghauri, and Minxia Song
Stakeholder Management by Emerging Market Hybrid State-Owned Enterprises: A Biomimicry Perspective
Ruey-Jer 'Bryan' Jean, Daekwan Kim, S. Tamer Cavusgil, and Chialin Chen
Determinants of Chinese Exporters' Online De-Internationalization
Yan Emma Liu, Zetao Zhu, Yingqi Wei, and Lichao Wu
A Double-Edged Sword: The Two Faces of Political Connections in International Investments of Chinese Firms
Yuanyuan Li
Revisiting the Springboard Perspective: Market-seeking Internationalization, Dynamic Capabilities, and Digital Transformation of Emerging Market Firms
Won-Yong Oh, Rong (Ratchel) Zeng, and Chang Hoon Oh
Revisiting the Springboard Perspective: Market-seeking Internationalization, Dynamic Capabilities, and Digital Transformation of Emerging Market Firms
Lin Cui, Yong Kyu Lew, Zaheer Khan, and Jiangyong Lu
International Entrepreneurial Spin-Offs: An Ambidextrous Approach to Internationalization
Mengmeng Wang and Shufeng Xiao
Motivating Foreign Subsidiaries of MNEs to Engage in CSP: An Integrative Approach
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Professor Xiao-Ping Chen
Philip Condit Endowed Chair Professor of Management
Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Editor, Management and Organization Review
Email:
xpchen@uw.edu------------------------------