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Investigates AI's role in enhancing investment efficiency among Chinese multinational enterprises, suggesting significant competitive advantages.
This study investigates the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) applications on the overseas investment efficiency of Chinese multinational enterprises using firm-level data from 2008 to 2023. The results show that AI can significantly improve investment efficiency. Mechanism analysis indicates that AI plays roles by mitigating managerial myopia and enhancing dynamic capabilities. Heterogeneity analyses indicate that the positive effects of AI are more pronounced in host countries characterized by high economic policy uncertainty and greater institutional distance. Concurrently, the enabling effects of AI vary depending on firms’ organizational learning capabilities and political connectedness. These findings underscore the transformative potential of AI in refining multinational enterprises’ investment strategies, strengthening global competitiveness, and facilitating adaptation to diverse institutional and economic contexts, thereby providing actionable insights for improving international investment performance.
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