This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the strategies of Chinese Foreign Direct Investments in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Distinguished authors from across the world will make a contribution to the growing literature on OFDI (outward foreign direct investment) from China.

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 Schüler-Zhou, Margot Schüller, 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 AlonChapter 17: Geely's Internationalization and Volvo's Acquisition Philippe Gugler and Marc Fetscherin Final Reflections Ilan Alon, Marc Fetscherin, and Philippe Gugler