新兴经济体天生全球化企业国际扩张与绩效关系研究

Born global firms always face a difficult strategic decision on optimal international expansion. However there seems to be a serious research gap in exploring the answer to this important question, as born global firms are relatively new and high-quality data are extremely difficult to obtain. This study aims to fill this gap by (a) scrutinizing the global expansion in dimensions of time, scope and intensity; (b) examining the impact of international expansion on firm performance from the above three dimensions; and (c) developing a comprehensive contingency model on the expansion-performance relationship. The empirical study will be based on the large-scale firm-level panel dataset merged from three different sources, namely the National Bureau of Statistic of China, General Adminstration of Customs of China, and Ministry of Commerce of China. This is the first in the literature to comprehensively explore the mechanisms of international expansion on performance of born global firms, and is expected to push the boundary of the area of born global firms, to help solve the "dillemma of rapid internationalization" and to provide decision support for born global firms to develop and implement steady internationalization strategies.

天生全球化企业普遍面临"如何实现国际扩张才是最佳"的重要战略研判。鉴于天生全球化企业出现时间不长、高质量数据极难获得，对这一重要战略问题的研究处于亟待开发的空白状态。本项目拟填补这一空白，计划从时间、范围、强度三大维度剖析天生全球化企业的国际扩张，理清三者关系；并从这三个维度分别研究天生全球化企业国际扩张对企业绩效的影响机理；最后进一步开发国际扩张影响绩效的综合权变模型。项目将充分整合申请人已获得的国家统计局制造业企业数据、国家海关总署企业层面出口数据、国家商务部外资企业来源地数据，进行海量面板数据实证研究。本项目系首次全方位探究天生全球化企业国际扩张影响企业绩效的机理，将推进天生全球化研究领域的新发展，有助于解决"快速国际扩张两难"，为天生全球化企业实施稳健的国际扩张提供可靠决策支持。

天生全球化企业普遍面临“多快实现国际扩张才是最佳”的重要战略研判。本项目从时间、范围、强度三大维度剖析天生全球化企业的国际扩张，理清三者关系；并分别研究天生全球化企业国际扩张对企业绩效的影响机理；最后进一步开发国际扩张影响绩效的综合权变模型。项目充分利用中国制造业企业数据、企业层面出口数据，进行海量面板数据实证研究。本项目成果主要包括两篇SSCI检索英文论文、两篇其他英文论文、一篇CSSCI检索中文论文，以及两篇在审工作论文。论文推进了天生全球化企业研究领域的新发展，为新兴经济体天生全球化企业实施稳健的国际扩张提供了新的决策支持。