This paper expands existing international business literature by examining the impact of FDI on domestic firms. It investigates how FDI affects the productivity of domestic firms in China. The results show that FDI may exert a different impact on firms at the regional level than it does on firms...

Market share performance and profitability of overseas business activities has long been an important issue in international business. In this study, we explore the impact of order and mode of market entry into an overseas market. We find that early entrants have significantly higher market...

"It would be an understatement to say that the fate of Mercedes-Benz in China has undergone drastic changes over the past 50 years. In Mao's China in the 1970s, Mercedes cars were a rarity, and only the very top government officials rode in them. During that period, my family and I lived in a...