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When Dragon Meets Elephant in Africa: The Rivalry on Distinctive Competitiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2022

Zhenzhen Xie ,
Xuanjin Chen Open the ORCID record for Xuanjin Chen [Opens in a new window]  and
Hao Wang
Zhenzhen Xie
Affiliation:
Tsinghua University, China
Xuanjin Chen*
Affiliation:
Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Hao Wang
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Corresponding author: Xuanjin Chen (chenxj@swjtu.edu.cn)
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Abstract

The increasing FDI in Africa from China and India in recent years has drawn the attention of scholars, policy makers, and the media. Africa is an arena where the two emerging giants compete on different bases. Indian firms have the advantage of institutional proximity and large diaspora communities in Africa, while Chinese firms rely on government-to-government relationship-building. The rivalry between India's soft power and Chinese hard power in Africa will continue for the foreseeable future.

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AfricaChinaforeign direct investmentIndiainternational management

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Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2022 , pp. 1228 - 1234
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The International Association for Chinese Management Research

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