Cognitive distance and obstacles to subsidiary business success. The experience of chinese companies in Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Si, Yuefang; Liefner, Ingo
Titel	Cognitive distance and obstacles to subsidiary business success. The experience of chinese companies in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Kognitive Distanz und Hindernisse für den Erfolg von Tochtergesellschaften. Die Erfahrung chinesischer Unternehmen in Deutschland.
Quelle	In: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 105 (2014) 3, S. 285-300 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-747X; 1467-9663
DOI	10.1111/tesg.12064
Schlagwörter	Mobilitätsbarriere; Kognition; Psychischer Faktor; Wirtschaftspsychologie; Interkulturelle Kompetenz; Interkultureller Faktor; Interkulturelles Lernen; Wissenstransfer; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprachbarriere; Auslandsinvestition; Lernende Organisation; Multinationales Unternehmen; Unternehmenserfolg; Integrationsbereitschaft; Wissensmanagement; China; Düsseldorf; Frankfurt am Main; Herkunftsland; Hessen; Köln; Nordrhein-Westfalen
Abstract	The success of foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing countries to developed countries is critically dependent on managing the differences in the knowledge bodies of the regions and players involved. The theories that at least partly explain successful FDI of this kind use the terms cognitive distance and embeddedness. Most of the empirical research takes the perspective of regions and has addressed the problem of becoming embedded in the host regions. This paper takes the firm perspective and examines cognitive distance regarding not only the host region, but also the knowledge of the firms involved. It uses qualitative information from an extensive study of Chinese affiliates in Germany. In contrast to many other studies, this paper shows that a fast and successful process of becoming embedded in the host region can hamper the subsidiary's success, as it may cause conflict with the parent firm. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2015/1