Intangible resources, agglomeration effect of FDI intensity, and firm performance: Evidence from Chinese semiconductor firms

Qin Yang (yang@rmu.edu), Crystal X. Jiang (cjiang1@bryant.edu) and Sali Li (li9@uwm.edu)
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Qin Yang: Robert Morris University
Crystal X. Jiang: Bryant University
Sali Li: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

No 56, Working Papers from globADVANTAGE, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria

Abstract: This study analyzes the impact of intangible resources on firm performance in an emerging economy context. Intangible resources are considered essential to firms? competitive advantage; however, we argue that firms? intangible resources can be negatively related with performance in emerging economies, due to their weak intellectual property rights protection. Furthermore, we incorporate the resource-based view and geographical agglomeration perspective to propose that geographical locations with dense foreign direct investment can affect the appropriability of intangible resources, thereby moderating the relationship between intangible resources and firm performance. We find empirical evidence to support our argument by examining 70 semiconductor firms in China from 1999 to 2006 period.

Keywords: intangible resources; intellectual property; agglomeration; foreign direct investment; emerging economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M0 M1 M2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-03-04
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