Chinese companies have been increasingly active in outbound investment in recent years, with Germany the third largest destination in Europe. Adopting an analytical approach and utilizing case studies and expert interviews, this book examines Chinese mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Germany,...

This comprehensive Handbook explores limitations and challenges arising from attempts to develop indigenous theories and constructs applicable to Chinese social reality. Key contributors integrate the literature in their topic areas, providing directions for pushing forward the frontiers of...

1. Introduction -- 2. Government Competition, M&A and Corporate Consolidation：A General Analysis -- 3. M&A Waves in China: A Survey from the Government Behavior Perspective -- 4. The Mechanism of M&A under the Impact of Local Government Competition: Models and Empirical Studies -- 5. Corporate...

In the past decades, the notion of differentiated subsidiary roles within multinational network corporations has inspired a considerable amount of research. Surprisingly, the question of whether headquarters and subsidiary managers perceive a certain subsidiary’s role in the same way has been...