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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions by Chinese listed companies: A principal–principal perspective

verfasst von: Yuan Yi Chen, Michael N. Young

Erschienen in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management | Ausgabe 3/2010

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Chinese listed firms have gained the world’s attention with several ambitious, high-profile cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In most of these deals, the Chinese government is the largest shareholder of the acquiring firms. As such, it may be the case that the Chinese government pushes through such deals even though they are not in the best interests of minority shareholders, giving rise to principal–principal conflicts. Along these lines, we hypothesize that increased government ownership in the acquiring firm will be associated with investors viewing a cross-border merger deal in less favorable terms. In addition, we hypothesize that environmental complexity will moderate this negative relationship. We test our hypotheses with a sample of cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving Chinese firms from 2000 to 2008. We find support for the main hypothesis, that is, that investors are indeed skeptical of cross-border mergers and acquisitions deals when the government is the majority owner (i.e., principal–principal conflicts). However, we find no support for the moderating effect. We discuss the implications of these findings for researchers and practitioners and suggest future research directions.

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Titel: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions by Chinese listed companies: A principal–principal perspective
verfasst von: Yuan Yi Chen
Michael N. Young
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2010
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management / Ausgabe 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0217-4561
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-9958
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-009-9150-7

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