China-EU economic relations: where to go? : implications from a longitudinal case study of international acquisition

Wang, Daojuan; Wu, Juan

Publication type:	Book part
Type of review:	Editorial review
Title:	China-EU economic relations: where to go? : implications from a longitudinal case study of international acquisition
Authors:	Wang, Daojuan Wu, Juan
et. al:	No
Published in:	China-EU relations in a new era of global transformation
Editors of the parent work:	Xing, Li
Issue Date:	2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Routledge
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Oxon
ISBN:	978-0-367-56239-7
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	330: Economics
Abstract:	This chapter examines the impact of the changing China-EU relations from a comparatively micro-level analysis - a longitudinal study of an international acquisition of a European company by a Chinese company. We investigate the collaboration and value creation dynamics of these two parties, and the evolution and interaction of their country- and firm-specific (dis)advantages following their merger. The findings suggest that: 1) the firm-specific (dis)advantages of these two companies perfectly complement each other, while the influence of country-specific (dis)advantages on their cooperation is channeled through firm-specific (dis)advantages. 2) Previously existing firm-specific (dis)advantages of two companies are significantly improved during the collaboration through several key elements: maintained autonomy of specialities, gradual and moderate resource reconfiguration, trust building over time, and mutual understanding, learning, and compromising. 3) Synergic benefits are mainly created and reaped after several years’ efforts of the Chinese acquirer on bias reduction and trust building. Since firms can be the beneficiaries or victims of government regulations and interstate linkages, policymakers should consider the lessons learned from firm-level international cooperation when creating foreign economic policies and establishing interstate relations. This case study firmly indicates that there is a reciprocal relationship between sound China-EU relations at the macro international level and fruitful business interactions between Chinese and EU companies at the micro-level. However, these relations can only be achieved through bias reduction, trust-building, and mutual accommodation.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22829
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Management and Law

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Wang, D., & Wu, J. (2021). China-EU economic relations: where to go? : implications from a longitudinal case study of international acquisition. In L. Xing (Ed.), China-EU relations in a new era of global transformation. Routledge.

Wang, D. and Wu, J. (2021) ‘China-EU economic relations: where to go? : implications from a longitudinal case study of international acquisition’, in L. Xing (ed.) China-EU relations in a new era of global transformation. Oxon: Routledge.

D. Wang and J. Wu, “China-EU economic relations: where to go? : implications from a longitudinal case study of international acquisition,” in China-EU relations in a new era of global transformation, L. Xing, Ed. Oxon: Routledge, 2021.

WANG, Daojuan und Juan WU, 2021. China-EU economic relations: where to go? : implications from a longitudinal case study of international acquisition. In: Li XING (Hrsg.), China-EU relations in a new era of global transformation. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-56239-7

Wang, Daojuan, and Juan Wu. 2021. “China-EU Economic Relations: Where to Go? : Implications from a Longitudinal Case Study of International Acquisition.” In China-EU Relations in a New Era of Global Transformation, edited by Li Xing. Oxon: Routledge.

Wang, Daojuan, and Juan Wu. “China-EU Economic Relations: Where to Go? : Implications from a Longitudinal Case Study of International Acquisition.” China-EU Relations in a New Era of Global Transformation, edited by Li Xing, Routledge, 2021.