Getting the Numbers Right on China’s Actual Overseas Investment: The Case of the Netherlands
This study assesses the quality of Chinese outbound FDI data. In our case study of the Netherlands, we checked the data quality of the often-used Orbis/Amadeus database and its data source, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel, KVK), which has one of the oldest and, arguably, one of the better databases within Europe. We analysed Chinese investments in the Netherlands and show that six adjustments are necessary to clean up the data. We also show that not making these adjustments can significantly impact the outcome of research. The cleaned-up data show that sampled Chinese firms... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | journal article |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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| Schlagwörter: | Wirtschaft / Economics / Overseas Direct Investment / Data Quality / OFDI / National Economy / Volkswirtschaftstheorie / internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen / Datenqualität / China / Datenbank / Industrie- und Handelskammer / Direktinvestition / Datenaufbereitung / Niederlande / Auslandsinvestition / Netherlands / data bank / foreign investment / data preparation / international economic relations / direct investment / chamber of industry and commerce |
| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28816446 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/download/1046/1053 |
This study assesses the quality of Chinese outbound FDI data. In our case study of the Netherlands, we checked the data quality of the often-used Orbis/Amadeus database and its data source, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel, KVK), which has one of the oldest and, arguably, one of the better databases within Europe. We analysed Chinese investments in the Netherlands and show that six adjustments are necessary to clean up the data. We also show that not making these adjustments can significantly impact the outcome of research. The cleaned-up data show that sampled Chinese firms are young, small, and private.