Drivers and Motives for Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investments in Africa

Rian Drogendijk and Katarina Blomkvist

Journal of African Business, 2013, vol. 14, issue 2, 75-84

Abstract: The authors set out to empirically test the degree of Chinese investments in Africa by systematically examining the explanatory value of existing theoretical motivations for foreign direct investment (FDI) for the period of 2003--2009. All else equal, the authors find that African countries enjoy a higher likelihood of Chinese outward FDI than the rest of the world. Moreover, they find that Chinese firms invest in African markets for market-seeking, natural resource--seeking, and strategic asset--seeking motives; hence, the motives for Chinese FDI in Africa seem to match those of Western firms' investments in global markets.

Date: 2013
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