Chinese International Investments provides authoritative academic and professional insights into Chinese international investments in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. It offers a wide range of up-to-date academic insights and findings, which are rounded off with lessons to be learnt from historical developments (success and failure stories), an evaluation of current trends and the motives and modes of entries used by Chinese companies. Contributions on outward foreign direct investments from China in different regions of the world, specific industry and case studies and theoretical contributions highlight the need for such additional research in this emergent area of international business.
List of Tables List of Figures and Graphs Foreword by Peter Buckley Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Introduction Ilan Alon, Marc Fetscherin, and Philippe Gugler Part 1: Macro-Environmental Determinants of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment Chapter 1: An Institutional Perspective and the Role of the State for Chinese OFDI Bing Ren, Hao Liang, and Ying Zheng Chapter 2: Home Country Macroeconomic Determinants of Chinese OFDI William Wei, Ilan Alon, and Liqiang Ni Chapter 3: The Role of Country of Origin and Chinese OFDI Paz Estrella Tolentino Chapter 4: Chinese SWFs : At the Crossroad between the Visible and the Invisible Hand Philippe Gugler, Michael Keller, and Laura Vanoli Part 2: Micro-Environmental Determinants of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment Chapter 5: Motives and Patterns of Reverse FDI by Chinese Manufacturing Firms Xiaobo Wu, Wanling Ding, and Yongjiang Shi Chapter 6: A Two-way Causal Link between Internationalization and CEO Equity Ownership in Chinese Firms Xiaohui Liu and Jiangyong Lu Chapter 7: Effects of Absorptive Capacity on International Acquisitions of Chinese Firms Ping Deng Part 3: Chinese FDI in Europe and North America Chapter 8: Push and Pull Factors for Chinese OFDI in Europe Yun Schuler-Zhou, Margot Schuller, and Magnus Brod Chapter 9: The rise of Chinese outward FDI in Europe Jan Knoerich Chapter 10: Chinese M&A in Germany Yipeng Liu and Michael Woywode Chapter 11: Chinese Migration in Europe Anja Michaela Fladrich Chapter 12: Chinese State-Controlled Funds and Entities in Canada Xiaohua Lin and Qianyu Chen Part 4: Chinese FDI in the Africa Chapter 13: Chinese OFDI in Africa: Trends, Prospects and Threats Gayle Allard Chapter 14: Chinese OFDI in Sub-Saharan Africa Raphael Kaplinsky and Mike Morris Part 5: Cases of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment Chapter 15: The Case of Florida Splendid China Wenxian Zhang Chapter 16: Benelli and QJ Compete in the International Motorbike Arena Francesca Spigarelli, William Wei, and Ilan Alon Chapter 17: Geely's Internationalization and Volvo's Acquisition Philippe Gugler and Marc Fetscherin Final Reflections Ilan Alon, Marc Fetscherin, and Philippe Gugler