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Chinese Investments in Italy: Is the Wave Arriving?

Chinese Investments in Italy: Is the Wave Arriving?

Francesca Spigarelli
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 23
ISSN: 1947-9638|EISSN: 1947-9646|ISSN: 1947-9638|EISBN13: 9781616929602|EISSN: 1947-9646|DOI: 10.4018/jabim.2010010106
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Spigarelli, Francesca. "Chinese Investments in Italy: Is the Wave Arriving?." IJABIM vol.1, no.1 2010: pp.54-76. http://doi.org/10.4018/jabim.2010010106

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Spigarelli, F. (2010). Chinese Investments in Italy: Is the Wave Arriving?. International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management (IJABIM), 1(1), 54-76. http://doi.org/10.4018/jabim.2010010106

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Spigarelli, Francesca. "Chinese Investments in Italy: Is the Wave Arriving?," International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management (IJABIM) 1, no.1: 54-76. http://doi.org/10.4018/jabim.2010010106

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the effects of the Go Global policy in Italy. The main type of Chinese investments, their strategic motivations, as well as the role of ethnic networks are analyzed. The phenomenon is still not significant in quantitative terms, but trends are impressive. Italy can provide an access to western markets and strategic logistic services, as well as to a wide array of distinctive skills/intangible assets in manufacturing industries. At the moment, there is a prevalence of greenfield initiatives, but acquisitions are rising sharply. In geographical terms, the locations chosen by Chinese investors favor areas that offer a wealth of distinctive skills (typically, but not only, district areas), but are not limited to industries in which Chinese ethnic groups are involved.

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