Learning from overseas venturing experience

This paper examines the foreign direct investment (FDI) behavior of Chinese family businesses (CFBs) from an organizational learning perspective. The discussion is based on a comparative case study of CFBs and non-CFBs in Singapore with respect to their investments in China. Compared with non-CFBs, CFBs generally use an informal and unstructured approach to FDI. They tend to send family members overseas to be in charge of key management...