贸易经济系学术讲座系列2021年第10讲

主 题：Foreign Direct Investment along the Belt and Road: A Political Economy Perspective

主讲人: 李家涛 (香港科技大学)

时 间：2021-06-02 14:00

地 点：线上腾讯会议

语 言：中英文

腾讯会议：https://meeting.tencent.com/s/pFdP52TeGPiw 

会议 ID：917 647 798

邀请人：易靖韬

讲座摘要:

In 2013, China launched its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a large portfolio of infrastructure projects across 71 countries intended to link Eurasian markets by rail and sea. The state-led nature of the Initiative combined with its transformative geopolitical implications have conditioned the type of engagement that many governments and firms in host and third countries are willing to take in Chinese-funded BRI projects. Building on two theoretical streams that have originated in international political economy but have received growing attention in international business, varieties of capitalism and geopolitics, this perspective shows how a greater understanding of the institutional and geopolitical context surrounding BRI helps decipher the selection of host-country firms and third-country MNEs in Chinese-funded BRI projects. We portray firm selection in a BRI project as the outcome of a one-tier bargaining game between China and a host country. We show how institutions and geopolitics influence both the legitimacy gap of Chinese SOEs in a host country and the host country’s relative bargaining power, affecting the likelihood that host firms and third-country MNEs are selected in BRI projects. We also discuss the geopolitical jockeying strategies that these firms can adopt to influence the outcome of the bargaining game.

主讲人简介:

李家涛教授，香港科技大学商学院利国伟商学讲席教授，管理学系讲座教授、商业战略与创新研究中心主任，长江学者讲座教授，美国国际商务学会(Academy of International Business)院士。李家涛教授是管理学研究领域全球最为知名的资深华人学者之一。他担任国际商务顶尖期刊Journal of International Business Studies 副主编。