China's growing economic involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America has been
a source of major controversy. The official Chinese position maintains that the growth of …

This research aims to examine the effects of the Islamic social finance (zakat), the Islamic
Human Development Index (IHDI), and the quality of governance on poverty alleviation in 39 …

This study considers five regions, ie, South Asia, South-East Asia, China, Middle Eastern
countries, and European countries, and took their data for 15 years. This study makes a …

This paper adopts and extends the theoretical lens of institutional imprinting to international
business research. It analyses a secondary data set on Indian and Chinese foreign direct …

The relationship between environmental regulations and foreign direct investment (FDI) has
garnered extensive attention, particularly in the context of China. The puzzle of whether …

Emerging multinational corporations are grown-up from environments where institutional
quality (IQ) is generally poor and market mechanisms are inefficient. Having experience at …

We investigate the role of institutions in attracting Chinese FDI into Africa. Focusing on
market-and resource-seeking motivations, we consider whether the impact of institutions …

Over the past two decades, Africa has witnessed a dramatic increase in foreign direct
investment (FDI) despite a lack of significant changes in infrastructure and the host country's …

Branding has gone beyond the usual scope of private organisation branding to the public
sector. Considering the growing rise in global competitiveness among countries, strong …

The rapid rise of China on the global stage has promoted a widely held concern about the
country's political intention behind its expanding overseas economic activities. This paper …