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China's emerging businesses: the next generation of global corporations?

China's emerging businesses: the next generation of global corporations?
China's emerging businesses: the next generation of global corporations?

A growing number of Chinese businesses that are not well known outside China are going global, taking market share from incumbents worldwide. These businesses sustain rapid to hyper-growth over considerable periods, allowing them to scale up quickly. They have strong market share in the domestic Chinese market, which serves as a platform for internationalization. Their strategies for entering new markets derive from their domestic business models, which they have been able to adapt to conditions in other countries. These businesses represent a fast-growing cohort of emerging global corporations that will be major international competitors in the near future. This article helps businesses and analysts to identify China's emerging businesses. It offers insight into their strategies for growth and emergence.

China, emerging businesses, global businesses, growth, internationalization
1096-4762
103-113
Atherton, Andrew
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Atherton, Andrew
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Atherton, Andrew (2021) China's emerging businesses: the next generation of global corporations? Thunderbird International Business Review, 63 (2), 103-113. (doi:10.1002/tie.22183).

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Abstract

A growing number of Chinese businesses that are not well known outside China are going global, taking market share from incumbents worldwide. These businesses sustain rapid to hyper-growth over considerable periods, allowing them to scale up quickly. They have strong market share in the domestic Chinese market, which serves as a platform for internationalization. Their strategies for entering new markets derive from their domestic business models, which they have been able to adapt to conditions in other countries. These businesses represent a fast-growing cohort of emerging global corporations that will be major international competitors in the near future. This article helps businesses and analysts to identify China's emerging businesses. It offers insight into their strategies for growth and emergence.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 15 November 2020
Published date: 1 March 2021
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
Keywords: China, emerging businesses, global businesses, growth, internationalization

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Local EPrints ID: 507494
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/507494
ISSN: 1096-4762
PURE UUID: 1d8ac57a-b780-4517-b6bf-618a90e9925f
ORCID for Andrew Atherton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2278-1496

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Last modified: 11 Dec 2025 03:03

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