The Relationship on Risk Type, Risk Management and Business Performance – Evidence from Korean FDIs in China

Journal of Korea Trade Vol. 23, No. 5, August 2019, 45-65

21 Pages Posted: 10 Dec 2019

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Heng-Bin Yin

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Bo-Hyun Kim

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Hongjoo Jung

Sungkyunkwan University

Date Written: August 14, 2019

Abstract

Purpose – As the well-known Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm implies, risk structure of a corporation may affect its risk management activity and the activity may in turn determine its performance. Depending on its goal, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can shape its risk structure, risk management and its performance. Under this assumption, we investigate the relationship between the goals of FDI and risk management for the first time in academics.

Design/methodology – This empirical research uses a survey of 279 current Korean enterprises’ FDIs in China with the recently developed business risk quadrant model. Companies are classified into either a market- or an efficiency-seeking group, to identify how each group perceives and manages risks, and values the performance of risk management. Also, we apply integrated risk management method that multinational corporations have introduced in China, then verify the mediating effect between risk factors and performance.

Findings – Our research shows the FDIs can expose themselves to differing risk structure although risk management activities simply represent the level of empowerment given to local management by headquarter due to limit of sample size despite diversity of risk and risk management tools. To sum, market seekers are found to have more strategic risk (revenue related risk) than efficiency seekers with financial risk (cost related risk). The market seekers can manage their risk by empowering their local organisation while the efficiency does the opposite ways. The risk management appears to be successful in general.

Originality/value – Previous studies on small and medium enterprises’ FDIs to China have concentrated on the analysis of entry determinants, withdrawal factors and individual risk management. Meanwhile, this research establishes enterprise-wide risk factors faced by the companies that advance into China, according to the method of the classification by ERM and verifies if they could synthetically improve performance through risk corresponding measures.

Keywords: Efficiency-Seeking, Foreign Direct Investment, Market-Seeking, Performance, Risk Management

JEL Classification: D12, F14, F21, F23, O53

Suggested Citation

Yin, Heng-Bin and Kim, Bo-Hyun and Jung, Hongjoo, The Relationship on Risk Type, Risk Management and Business Performance – Evidence from Korean FDIs in China (August 14, 2019). Journal of Korea Trade Vol. 23, No. 5, August 2019, 45-65, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3492152

Heng-Bin Yin (Contact Author)

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Bo-Hyun Kim

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Hongjoo Jung

Sungkyunkwan University ( email )

53 Myeongnyun-dong 3-ga Jongno-ju
Guro-gu
Seoul, 110-745
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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