China bietet das größte Potenzial aller Wachstumsregionen. Die angelaufene Konsolidierungswelle wird die nationalen Marktführer und die Champions für den globalen Markt hervorbringen. Unternehmensbeteiligungen und Übernahmen sind das Mittel der Wahl. Wer in China dauerhaft und erfolgreich...

We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") and "greenfield" investment. A simple model captures the key difference between the two types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly...

This paper analyses the determinants of Chinese direct investment (DI) in the European Union (EU). Evidence is based on panel Poisson models drawing on two investment monitors for individual projects. We distinguish between the numbers of greenfield investments (GIs) and mergers and acquisitions...