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China's National Champions: The Evolution of a National Industrial Policy—Or a New Era of Economic Protectionism?
dc.contributor.authorHemphill, Thomas A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWhite, George O.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-05T18:17:37Z
dc.date.available2014-05-01T14:28:11Zen_US
dc.date.issued2013-03en_US
dc.identifier.citationHemphill, Thomas A.; White, George O. (2013). "China's National Champions: The Evolution of a National Industrial Policy—Or a New Era of Economic Protectionism?." Thunderbird International Business Review 55(2): 193-212. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/96704>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1096-4762en_US
dc.identifier.issn1520-6874en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/96704
dc.description.abstractIn this article we ask a series of related research questions concerning China's recent industrial policies, particularly the 10th and 11th five‐year economic policy plans. Our questions go to the nature of China's long‐term competitiveness of its national champions, and to what extent Chinese government policies are evolving to domestic protectionism that adversely affects foreign invested enterprises' (FIEs) competitive position in the Chinese economy. We thus evaluate the nature of the five‐year economic policy plans, their adverse impact on FIEs operating in China, and the rise of designated Chinese national champions (in the 11th five‐year economic policy plan) to compete with major FIEs on a global scale. However, we suggest that the role of the Chinese government's recent industrial policy, when compared to Michael Porter's “Diamond of National Competitive Advantage” recommended government policy approaches, may not augur well in the long‐term for China's national champions. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherWiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Companyen_US
dc.titleChina's National Champions: The Evolution of a National Industrial Policy—Or a New Era of Economic Protectionism?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAmerican and Canadian Studiesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHumanitiesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan‐Flint, School of Management, 4169 William S. White Building, Flint, Michigan 48502‐1950, 810‐762‐3282 (phone), 810‐762‐3282 (fax).en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSchool of Management, University of Michigan‐Flinten_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Management, College of Business and Public Administration, Old Dominion Universityen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/96704/1/21535_ftp.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/tie.21535en_US
dc.identifier.sourceThunderbird International Business Reviewen_US
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