《《Guanxi and Foreign Direct Investment in China》.pdf

The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at /1750-614X.htm Towards a Guanxi-based theory Chinese, Taiwanese and of internationalization: Chinese, evolving MNEs Taiwanese and evolving MNEs 111 Huei-ting Tsai Department of Business Administration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan Abstract Purpose – The aim of this paper is to review theories on the kinship-based collaboration for Asian multinational enterprises (MNEs). Although cooperation issues have reached the top of the Asian MNE agenda, comprehensive empirical and theoretical studies in these areas have remained patchy. Motivated expressly by the sparseness of theory development, this study seeks to establish and examine the model of kinship-based alliance for MNEs. Drawing on kinship-based theory, this paper contends that cross-border collaboration within the same region is increasingly important in driving MNEs from emerging economies to internationalisation. Design/methodology/approach – This study attempts to focus on kinship-based collaborations from emerging economies to internationalization in the context of high-tech industries by reviewing relevant studies and presents research propositions. Findings – The study proposes that the model of kinship-based alliance can be affected by these factors: economic (partner contributions in te