| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第7-16页 |
| 1. INTRODUCTION | 第16-30页 |
| 1.1 Overview | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Research Background | 第17-20页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions and Research Objectives | 第20-26页 |
| 1.3.1 Locational motivations of the Chinese enterprises in developing and developed countries | 第20-23页 |
| 1.3.2 Analysis of Chinese firms' internationalization through the lens of firm-level data | 第23-25页 |
| 1.3.3 MNEs and research on Chinese OFDI | 第25-26页 |
| 1.4 Potential Contributions | 第26-27页 |
| 1.5 Structure of the Thesis | 第27-30页 |
| 2. REVISITING LITERATURE ON EMERGING ECONOMY MULTINATIONALS ANDMAPPING FUTURE DIRECTIONS ON CHINESE INTERNATIONALIZATION RESEARCH | 第30-65页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2 Emerging Market Multinationals | 第31-35页 |
| 2.3 EMNEs and International Business literature | 第35-38页 |
| 2.4 The Competitive Advantages of EMNEs | 第38-43页 |
| 2.4.1 Country-Specific Advantages | 第39-42页 |
| 2.4.2 Firm-Specific Advantages | 第42-43页 |
| 2.5 EMNE's Entry Mode Choice and its Determinants | 第43-48页 |
| 2.6 Location Determinants | 第48-52页 |
| 2.6.1 Firm- and Industry-Related Determinants | 第48-50页 |
| 2.6.2 Host Market Specific Determinants | 第50-52页 |
| 2.7 Motivators of EMNEs to Invest Overseas | 第52-55页 |
| 2.8 An Emerging Phenomenon: EMNEs and technology-driven FDI | 第55-57页 |
| 2.9 Future directions for research in the context of Chinese Internationalization through OFDI | 第57-65页 |
| 2.9.1 Integration of Prominent Theories with Other Theoretical Frameworks | 第58-59页 |
| 2.9.2 Paying Attention to the Longitudinal Studies | 第59-61页 |
| 2.9.3 Carrying on Investigation at multiple levels | 第61-62页 |
| 2.9.4 Consideration to Conduct Comparative Investigations with Other Emerging MarketMultinationals | 第62-65页 |
| 3 INTERNATIONALIZATION AND OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OFCHINA: AN OVERVIEW | 第65-106页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第65页 |
| 3.2 What is Internationalization? | 第65-66页 |
| 3.3 Six leading perspectives of Internationalization in the context of emerging market firms | 第66-74页 |
| 3.3.1 Institutions-Based View | 第66-68页 |
| 3.3.2 Resource-Based View (RBV) | 第68-69页 |
| 3.3.3 Industry-Based View | 第69-70页 |
| 3.3.4 OLI Paradigm (Eclectic Paradigm) | 第70-71页 |
| 3.3.5 LLL Model | 第71-72页 |
| 3.3.6 Springboard Perspective | 第72-73页 |
| 3.3.7 Resource Dependence Theory (RDT) | 第73-74页 |
| 3.4 China's Economy Prior to Market Reform (1949-1978) | 第74-76页 |
| 3.5 Overall Trend of Chinese OFDI | 第76-80页 |
| 3.6 The Phases of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment Development | 第80-91页 |
| 3.6.1 1978-1985 Phase One: Vigilant Internationalization | 第80-82页 |
| 3.6.2 1986-1991 Phase Two: Government Support | 第82-84页 |
| 3.6.3 1992-1998 phase Three: Expansion and Regulation | 第84-86页 |
| 3.6.4 1999-2001 Phase Four: The 'Go Global' Strategy | 第86-87页 |
| 3.6.5 After 2001 Phase Five: The Latter WTO Era | 第87-90页 |
| 3.6.6 Rising Soft Power of China | 第90-91页 |
| 3.7 Recent Institutional Environment of China | 第91-98页 |
| 3.7.1 The Role of the Government | 第91-92页 |
| 3.7.2 Political and Administrative Departments of OFDI | 第92页 |
| 3.7.3 Approval Process | 第92-94页 |
| 3.7.4 Financial Assistance | 第94页 |
| 3.7.5 Preferential Loans | 第94-97页 |
| 3.7.6 Buyer's Credit | 第97-98页 |
| 3.8 Motivations of Chinese OFDI | 第98-106页 |
| 3.8.1 Market-seeking FDI | 第98-100页 |
| 3.8.2 Natural resource-seeking FDI | 第100-101页 |
| 3.8.3 Strategic asset seeking FDI | 第101-102页 |
| 3.8.4 Efficiency-seeking FDI | 第102-103页 |
| 3.8.5 Institution-seeking FDI: An Emerging Phenomenon | 第103-106页 |
| 4. TRACKING OUTWARD FDI OF CHINESE FIRMS THROUGH DISAGGREGATED DATA | 第106-127页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第106-107页 |
| 4.2 Comparing Official Data on Chinese Outward FDI with Others through Empirical Findings | 第107-114页 |
| 4.2.1 Limitations of SAFE and MOFCOM Data | 第107-110页 |
| 4.2.2 Empirical Literature Analysis on Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment | 第110-114页 |
| 4.3 Analyzing China's OFDI through the Lens of Firm-Level Data | 第114-121页 |
| 4.3.1 Cross-Border M&As and Greenfield Data | 第114-116页 |
| 4.3.2 Investigation of OFDI of China Based on SDC Platinum and fDi Markets Data | 第116-121页 |
| 4.4 Firm-level to Group-level Analysis of Chinese firms in Europe | 第121-127页 |
| 5. EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION ON MOTIVATION, ENTRY MODES AND LOCATIONCHOICES OF CHINESE FIRMS | 第127-165页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第127-129页 |
| 5.2 Theoretical Background | 第129-133页 |
| 5.2.1 The Eclectic Paradigm | 第129-133页 |
| 5.2.1a Ownership Advantages | 第129-131页 |
| 5.2.1b Location Advantages | 第131-132页 |
| 5.2.1c Internalization Advantages | 第132-133页 |
| 5.3 Institutional Theory (IT) | 第133-134页 |
| 5.4 Hypothesis Development | 第134-142页 |
| 5.4.1 Market Seeking | 第134-136页 |
| 5.4.2 Natural Resource Seeking | 第136-137页 |
| 5.4.3 Strategic Asset Seeking | 第137-139页 |
| 5.4.4 Host Institutions as a limit | 第139-142页 |
| 5.5 Data and Methods | 第142-151页 |
| 5.5.1 Dependent and independent variables | 第144-146页 |
| 5.5.2 Other variables | 第146-147页 |
| 5.5.3 Statistical Method and Analysis | 第147-151页 |
| 5.6 Estimation Results | 第151-159页 |
| 5.6.1 Correlation Matrix | 第151页 |
| 5.6.2 Regression Results | 第151-159页 |
| 5.7 Sensitivity Analysis | 第159-161页 |
| 5.8 Discussion and Summary | 第161-165页 |
| 6. CONCLUSION | 第165-174页 |
| 6.1 Introduction | 第165页 |
| 6.2 Summary of Major Findings | 第165-167页 |
| 6.3 Research Contributions | 第167-169页 |
| 6.4 Limitations of Methodological Grounds | 第169-170页 |
| 6.5 Implications for policymakers and researchers | 第170-172页 |
| 6.6 Implications for Future Research | 第172-174页 |
| REFERENCES | 第174-199页 |
