Strategic asset-seeking acquisitions, technological gaps, and innovation performance of Chinese multinationals

Yanze Liang, Axèle Giroud and Asmund Rygh
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Yanze Liang: Alliance MBS - Alliance Manchester Business School - University of Manchester [Manchester]
Axèle Giroud: ESC [Rennes] - ESC Rennes School of Business
Asmund Rygh: Alliance MBS - Alliance Manchester Business School - University of Manchester [Manchester]

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Abstract: We investigate the impact of acquiring similar or complementary technologies on the innovation performance of Chinese multinationals' strategic asset-seeking M&As in the EU, and whether such impact is contingent upon firm-level and region-level technological gaps. Results show that technological complementarity enhances Chinese multinationals' innovation performance. Firm-level technological gaps have a positive moderating effect for both complementary and similar technologies. Region-level gaps enhance innovation when Chinese firms acquire similar technologies, but they undermine the positive impact of technological complementarity on innovation performance. We advance understanding of Chinese MNEs' learning scope and strategic intents in their strategic asset-seeking M&As.

Keywords: Chinese multinationals; Strategic asset-seeking M&As; Innovation performance; Similarity; Complementarity; Technological gaps; Regional innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-06
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Published in Journal of World Business, 2022, 57 (4), pp.101325. ⟨10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101325⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101325

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