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In 2000, Morgan Stanley’s economist Andy Xie noted changes in the profile of China’s foreign investor: ‘We have a switch in FDI from overseas Chinese to multinational companies, which tend to have bigger projects, longer timetables and more well-thought-out strategies’ (Areddy, 2001). For multinational corporations (hereafter referred to as ‘multinationals’), the assessment of China’s huge potential markets against the risks of assaults on their competitive advantages and core competencies needs reassessment.
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Haley, U.C.V. (2002). Here There be Dragons: Opportunities and Risks for Foreign Multinational Corporations in China. In: Haley, U.C.V., Richter, FJ. (eds) Asian Post-crisis Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230595835_15
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