Country-specific determinants of cross-border mergers and acquisitions: A comprehensive review and future research directions

E Xie, KS Reddy, J Liang - Journal of World Business, 2017 - Elsevier
This article, to date, is the first to consolidate, review, and integrate over 250 earlier studies
that examine the country-specific determinants of cross-border mergers and acquisitions …

The role of digital transformation practices in the operations improvement in manufacturing firms: A practice-based view

M Tian, Y Chen, G Tian, W Huang, C Hu - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Digitalization has become increasingly crucial for manufacturing firms to optimize their
production processes and improve operations management. However, the role of digital …

Following their predecessors' journey? A review of EMNE studies and avenues for interdisciplinary inquiry

PJ Buckley, L Cui, L Chen, Y Li, Y Choi - Journal of World Business, 2023 - Elsevier
In this review article we take stock of international business (IB) research on emerging
economy multinational enterprises (EMNEs) over the past three decades. Our review covers …

Does China's outward direct investment improve green total factor productivity in the “Belt and Road” countries? Evidence from dynamic threshold panel model …

H Wu, S Ren, G Yan, Y Hao - Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Following the “Belt and Road”(B&R) initiative, China has significantly increased its
outward direct investment (ODI). Although these investments help to boost these countries' …

State ownership and internationalization: The advantage and disadvantage of stateness

A Cuervo-Cazurra, C Li - Journal of World Business, 2021 - Elsevier
We critically review the literature on state-owned multinationals to clarify previous arguments
and guide future studies. The content analysis of prior research reveals that state-owned …

What drives the internationalization of Chinese SMEs? The joint effects of international entrepreneurship characteristics, network ties, and firm ownership

X Zhang, X Ma, Y Wang, X Li, D Huo - International business review, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper first investigates how Chinese small-to-medium enterprises'(SMEs) network ties
at home moderate the relationships between different international entrepreneurship (IE) …

[HTML][HTML] Facilitator or inhibitor? The effect of host-country intellectual property rights protection on China's technology-driven acquisitions

M Wang, H Yan, F Ciabuschi, C Su - International Business Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Acknowledging the importance of technology-driven acquisitions for China, and of host-
country intellectual property rights protection (IPRP) in the Tech Cold War era, this study …

Cross-border acquisitions by Chinese enterprises: The benefits and disadvantages of political connections

D Schweizer, T Walker, A Zhang - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper explores whether and how political connections affect the likelihood of
completing a cross-border M&A deal for Chinese publicly listed, but privately-owned …

Corporate governance, ownership and firm value: Drivers of ownership as a good corporate governance mechanism

MB Lozano, B Martínez, J Pindado - International Business Review, 2016 - Elsevier
This study analyses the role of ownership as a good corporate governance mechanism. We
study cross-national differences between companies with different level of investor …

Enhancing performance of cross-border mergers and acquisitions in developed markets: The role of business ties and technological innovation capability

C Cheng, M Yang - Journal of Business Research, 2017 - Elsevier
This study examines the determinants of performance of cross-border mergers and
acquisitions (cross-border M&As) in developed markets initiated by firms from emerging …