IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/cup/maorev/v12y2016i03p425-448_00.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Institutional Influence on the Location Strategies of Multinational Enterprises from Emerging Economies: Evidence from China's Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions

Author

Listed:
  • Buckley, Peter J.
  • Yu, Pei
  • Liu, Qing
  • Munjal, Surender
  • Tao, Pan

Abstract

This study investigates the institutional influence on the location strategies of Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) during the period 1985–2011 across 150 economies using Heckman's two-stage model. The results suggest that Chinese Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) are ‘shortsighted’ and show perverse behaviour towards host country risk when deciding on the location of host country and volume of investment undertaken through M&As, which may damage the firm's long-term profitability.

Suggested Citation

  • Buckley, Peter J. & Yu, Pei & Liu, Qing & Munjal, Surender & Tao, Pan, 2016. "The Institutional Influence on the Location Strategies of Multinational Enterprises from Emerging Economies: Evidence from China's Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions," Management and Organization Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 12(3), pages 425-448, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:maorev:v:12:y:2016:i:03:p:425-448_00
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1740877616000218/type/journal_article
    File Function: link to article abstract page
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Clemens Fuest & Felix Hugger & Samina Sultan & Jing Xing, 2022. "What drives Chinese overseas M&A investment? Evidence from micro data," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1), pages 306-344, February.
    2. Tatsiana Dziavochka & Elyas Abdulahi Mohamued, 2020. "The Nexus of Chinese OFDI Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe: A True Fixed Effect Stochastic Analysis," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 10(4), pages 399-414, April.
    3. Chidlow, Agnieszka & Wang, Jue & Liu, Xiaohui & Wei, Yingqi, 2021. "A co-evolution perspective of EMNE internationalization and institutions: An integrative framework of 5Cs," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(4).
    4. Liu, Xiaming & Yang, Na & Li, Linjie & Liu, Yuanyuan, 2021. "Co-evolution of emerging economy MNEs and institutions: A literature review," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(4).
    5. Kintzinger, Paulina & Horky, Florian, 2022. "Dynamics and Developments of Chinese M&A Transactions in the wake of the BRI: A comparison of Germany and CEEC," MPRA Paper 112630, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Dürr, Niklas S. & Rammer, Christian & Böing, Philipp, 2020. "Direktinvestitionen zwischen Deutschland und China aus einer innovationspolitischen Sicht: Studie im Auftrag der Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation," Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem 8-2020, Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI) - Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, Berlin.
    7. Lili Mi & Xiao-Guang Yue & Xue-Feng Shao & Yuanfei Kang & Yulong Liu, 2020. "Strategic Asset Seeking and Innovation Performance: The Role of Innovation Capabilities and Host Country Institutions," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-22, March.
    8. Chengchun Li & Yun Luo & Glauco Vita, 2020. "Institutional difference and outward FDI: evidence from China," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 58(4), pages 1837-1862, April.
    9. Munjal, Surender & Requejo, Ignacio & Kundu, Sumit K., 2019. "Offshore outsourcing and firm performance: Moderating effects of size, growth and slack resources," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 484-494.
    10. Zeng, Rong (Ratchel) & Oh, Won-Yong & Zhu, Pengcheng, 2023. "Will investors’ excitement last? Determinants of investors’ responses to cross-border acquisitions by Chinese firms," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    11. Amar Anwar & Ichiro Iwasaki, 2022. "Institutions and FDI from BRICS countries: a meta-analytic review," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 63(1), pages 417-468, July.
    12. Peter Zámborský & Zheng Joseph Yan & Erwann Sbaï & Matthew Larsen, 2021. "Cross-Border M&A Motives and Home Country Institutions: Role of Regulatory Quality and Dynamics in the Asia-Pacific Region," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-24, October.
    13. Rekha Rao-Nicholson & Catherine Cai, 2020. "The effects of ownership identity on corporate diversification strategy of Chinese companies in foreign markets," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 37(1), pages 91-126, March.
    14. Fuzhong Chen & Guohai Jiang, 2021. "Investigating the Impact of Institutional Quality on FDI: Are There Promotional Effects in Economic Integration Regions?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-16, October.
    15. Ahammad, Mohammad Faisal & Basu, Shubhabrata & Munjal, Surender & Clegg, Jeremy & Shoham, Ofra Bazel, 2021. "Strategic agility, environmental uncertainties and international performance: The perspective of Indian firms," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 56(4).
    16. Qiyue Zhang & Zheng Wang & Godwin Okafor, 2022. "Understanding China’s Economic Engagement in Africa: An Exploration of the FDI-Trade Nexus," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(23), pages 1-19, November.
    17. Jiawei Wu & Yehua Dennis Wei & Wen Chen, 2020. "Spatial proximity, localized assets, and the changing geography of domestic mergers and acquisitions in transitional China," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 954-976, September.
    18. Bhatnagar, Ankur, 2021. "What drives Indian Non-SOE FDI into Africa?," African Journal of Economic Review, African Journal of Economic Review, vol. 9(4), September.
    19. Daniel M. Shapiro & Carlos Vecino & Jing Li, 2018. "Exploring China’s state-led FDI model: Evidence from the extractive sectors in Latin America," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 35(1), pages 11-37, March.
    20. Donnelly, Róisín & Manolova, Tatiana S., 2020. "Foreign location decisions through an institutional lens: A systematic review and future research agenda," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 29(4).
    21. Dmytro Osiichuk & Paweł Wnuczak, 2023. "Do Corporate Consolidations Affect the Competitive Positioning of Non-Financial Firms in China?," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.
    22. Muhammad Farhan Bashir & Benjiang MA & Luqman Shahzad & Biao Liu & Qiangjia Ruan, 2021. "China's quest for economic dominance and energy consumption: Can Asian economies provide natural resources for the success of One Belt One Road?," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(3), pages 570-587, April.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cup:maorev:v:12:y:2016:i:03:p:425-448_00. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Kirk Stebbing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cambridge.org/mor .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.