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Harnessing Business Services Sourcing Capabilities for Economic Development in Newly Industrialized
Economies
Xing Zhong, Duke University
Arie Y. Lewin, Duke University
The economic development potential of business services sourcing offers a new lever for economic growth. But
so far a systematic roadmap is missing for guiding and assessing how to harness the benefits of attracting
sourcing of business process services at a time when global sourcing of such services is becoming a new
business normal. The extent to which a country can realize a full spectrum of economic development potential
from business sourcing, ranging from income shift to moving up the global value chain given the country
specific development paths and national absorptive capacity is currently under explored, as well as the
effectiveness of policy instruments a country can deploy to promote its attractiveness for business services
sourcing. In this paper, we propose a comprehensive two-stage model involving a multi-level analysis, and
provide fresh insights on the global organization and reconfiguration of value chain and work, and how global
sourcing of business services can contribute to developing countries economic growth. The model also considers
the mediating effect of complementarities necessary for addressing the question of how piecemeal policies and
economic development instruments can be bridged successfully and sustainably. (For more information, please
contact: Xing Zhong, Duke University, USA: xing.zhong@duke.edu)
The influence of the National Institutional Environment on the Entry of Indigenous Firms into Global Value
Chains: A Comparative Case Study Investigation in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
Dilshod Makhmadshoev, University of Strathclyde
Much of the recent research on global value chains (GVCs) has focused on how relations amongst different
participants in chains are governed, and further, how global governance structures (i.e. behaviours of lead
firms) affect the process of entry into chains. In fact, the literature asserts that entry barriers (and therefore
access to chains) are predominantly determined and defined by governance structures. This paper argues that
policies, regulations, practices, and norms of doing business at local and national levels (especially in transition
economies) could be as important as global governance structures in shaping the opportunities for indigenous
producers to enter GVCs. (For more information, please contact: Dilshod Makhmadshoev, University of
Strathclyde, United Kingdom: dilshod.makhmadshoev@strath.ac.uk)
Session: 2.1.13 - Interactive
Track: 7 - Emerging Economies
Studying Consumer and Employee Behavior in Emerging Markets
Presented On: July 2, 2012 - 09:00-10:15
Chair: Douglas Sanford, Towson University
Consumer Responses and Cross-border Acquisitions: Evidence from China
Cher-Min Fong, National Sun Yat-sen University
Chun-Ling Lee, National Sun Yat-sen University
Yunzhou Du , Anhui University of Finance & Economics
This study investigates Chinese consumer responses toward acquisition of a local firm by foreign multinational
corporations (MNCs) from different animosity-evoking countries (High: Japan vs. low: Netherland). This study
designs an experiment by manipulating the animosity-evoking and corporate reputation to examine the effects
of consumer animosity and local target reputation on Chinese consumers' responses toward the post-acquisition
target (foreign subsidiary). Results show that animosity against specific country does affect Chinese consumers'
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