Berning SC, Maderer D (2020)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2020
Publisher: IGI Global
Edited Volumes: Foreign Direct Investments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
ISBN: 9781799824497
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2448-0.ch062
Outward foreign direct investment of Chinese firms in developed markets is a relatively new phenomenon. Since December, 2014 when the Chinese government announced a major investment program in sports, Chinese firms have particularly focused on foreign direct investments in the European football industry. We analyze the investment patterns, the determinants, and the motives of six investment cases of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) undertaken in European football clubs. Based on Dunning’s OLI paradigm and the determinants-framework from Holtbrügge and Kreppel, a within-case and cross-case analysis was conducted. We reveal that the main motives of Chinese investments differ between asset-seeking and market-seeking to a combination of both. The most important determinants of OFDI were the size of the host market and the level of know-how in it, while firm-specific resources and the strategic importance of the industry for the home government was a joint determinant for all Chinese companies.
APA:
Berning, S.C., & Maderer, D. (2020). Chinese Investment in the European Football Industry. In Foreign Direct Investments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global.
MLA:
Berning, Sue Claire, and Daniel Maderer. "Chinese Investment in the European Football Industry." Foreign Direct Investments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global, 2020.
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