Firms from different provinces in China and their different reactions to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are studied in this research. Initial results from 27.547 outward foreign direct investment (FDI) projects by Chinese firms between 2000 and 2015 regarding the home region profile, host...

WIE SICH PEKING IN UNSERE WIRTSCHAFT EINKAUFT: Pirelli, Volvo, Club Méditerranée, Syngenta oder Spotify: Mit Milliardenbeträgen kaufen sich chinesische Investoren in europäische Unternehmen ein. Besonders beliebt sind deutsche Marken, darunter Daimler, Steigenberger oder BioNTech. Die wilde...

The Chinese state undertakes large scale investments in a number of countries under the auspices of economic cooperation related investment (ECI). While there are suggestions that it is an extension of China's soft power aimed at facilitating Chinese FDI in those countries, often for access to...