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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

OFDI and Technology-seeking Strategy: A Case Study of Geely’s Acquisition of Volvo

Authors : Shujie Yao, Pan Wang

Published in: China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investments and Impact on the World Economy

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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One important motivation of outward foreign direct investments from a less advanced country such as China is technology seeking. This chapter studies the development of China’s automotive industry in the past 60 years and uses the case of Geely’s acquisition of Volvo to demonstrate the increasing importance of technology-seeking related to OFDI.

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Metadata
Title
OFDI and Technology-seeking Strategy: A Case Study of Geely’s Acquisition of Volvo
Authors
Shujie Yao
Pan Wang
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Book
China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investments and Impact on the World Economy

Print ISBN: 978-1-349-45798-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-32110-7

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137321107_4