Mergers and acquisitions by Chinese firms: A review and comparison with other mergers and acquisitions research in the leading journals

Hong Zhu () and Qi Zhu ()
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Hong Zhu: Peking University
Qi Zhu: Arizona State University

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2016, vol. 33, issue 4, No 10, 1107-1149

Abstract: Abstract In recent years, an increasing number of Chinese firms have been engaged in acquisitions both inside and outside of China. Nevertheless, our understanding of Chinese merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is limited because a majority of M&As in the past 100 years have been performed by firms from developed countries and it is those M&As that have been the focus of prior research. Thus this paper aims to address the following research questions: What are the new insights gained from Chinese M&A research? What are the emerging future directions of Chinese M&A research? To address those questions, this article provides a thorough literature review of the most recent M&A research in top journals and studies of M&As both inside and outside of China. Consequently, we identify both new insights from Chinese M&A research and the research gaps that Chinese M&A research needs to fulfill compared with general M&A research in top journals. We further highlight the important and unique characteristics of Chinese M&As and call for future research.

Keywords: Mergers & acquisitions (M&As); Chinese M&As; General M&A research; Antecedents and outcomes of M&As (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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