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We examine the effects of state ownership, institutions and resource-seeking behavior on post-acquisition stock price returns of Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions over the period 1998–2008. Chinese acquiring firms experience negative returns ranging from 2.92 to 10.80 % in 12- and 60-month post-event periods, respectively. State ownership (SOE), interaction between R&D and SOE, formal institutional distance and acquirer size have a positive and significant impact on the long-term acquirer returns. However, the interaction between tangible resources and SOE and acquirer cash holdings appears to have a negative and significant impact on long-term returns. Overall, our results suggest that the state and institutions constitute important sources of long-term value creation for Chinese acquirers.
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Hair et al. (2010) note that a correlation of 0.60 fairly represents a strong relationship, but a correlation of 0.70 between two predictor variables means a substantial portion of this predictive power may be shared.
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The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewer, Prof. Cheng-Few Lee (The Journal’s Editor); Prof. Daniel Bello, Area Editor JIBS, Conference participants of Academy of International Business-SE 2013, Atlanta where the paper was a finalist for the Best Paper Award and the participants of the British Academy of Management Conference in Belfast 2014 for valuable comments and suggestions.
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Du, M., Boateng, A. & Newton, D. The impact of state ownership, formal institutions and resource seeking on acquirers’ returns of Chinese M&A. Rev Quant Finan Acc 47, 159–178 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-015-0498-0
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