Foreign Ownership and External Knowledge Acquisition: A Comparison between International Subsidiaries and Local Firms in China

This study examines the relationship between foreign ownership and External Knowledge Acquisition (EKA) in China, and posits that international subsidiaries and local firms exhibit different rationales with regard to EKA. Using nationwide enterprise survey data on 320 Chinese firms, this study tests a model developed from resource dependency theory and institutional theory. We find that foreign ownership positively affects EKA, and that this...