 Country Relational Distance, Organizational Power and R&D Managers: Understanding Environmental Challenges for Foreign R&D in ChinaYifei Sun () and Ke Wen Asia Pacific Business Review, 2007, vol. 13, issue 3, 425-449 Abstract: This study examines the challenges of foreign research and development (R&D) in China, based on interviews with 32 senior R&D managers. It confirms the findings from previous research that many barriers still exist in China for foreign R&D, and such barriers include institutional environment, infrastructure and labour management. Among the three categories, issues related labour management, such as increasing labour cost and mobility, lack of experience and creativity and cultural differences among the research staff, prove to be most challenging for management, while China's institutions and infrastructure do not seem to pose big problems for foreign companies. This study also finds that responses from R&D managers are not consistent, and the differences could be largely explained by three types of factors: relational distance between the parent country and China, the strength and experience of foreign companies, and the manager's personal experience and closeness with China. Further research is needed to explore these issues due to the small sample size of this study. Date: 2007 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:apbizr:v:13:y:2007:i:3:p:425-449 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/13602380701291982 Access Statistics for this article Asia Pacific Business Review is currently edited by Professor Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner More articles in Asia Pacific Business Review from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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