1. Introduction: Managing Culture and Interspace in Cross-border
Investments: Building a Global Company
Martina Fuchs, Sebastian Henn, Martin Franz and Ram Mudambi
2. Othering FDI in the Media: How Chinese Investors Are Constructed as
Deviating Others in German Dailies
Sophie Golinski and Sebastian Henn
3. Behind the Scenes: Managers’ Interpretation of Foreign Takeovers by
Investors of Emerging Economies
Martina Fuchs and Martin Schalljo
4. Industrial Relations and FDI from China and India in Germany
Martin Franz, Kai Bollhorn and Reinhard Röhrig
5. Cultural Frictions in Post-merger Integration Processes: A View on ‘Face’
When Dealing with Asian Counterparts
Muriel Durand
6. Multiple Organisational Identities after M&As
Luca Giustiniano and Luigi De Bernardis
7. Becoming a National Champion, Yet Remaining a Global Player: The
Acquisition of Volvo Car by Zhejiang Geely
Claes G. Alvstam and Inge Ivarsson
8. Asymmetric Effects of Cultural Distance: A Comparison of German and
Austrian Inbound and Outbound Cross-border Transactions and the Diverging Effect of
Integration of Wholly Owned Target Firms
Lucas Huter, Mai Anh Dao, Daniel Degischer, Florian Bauer, Yvonne Stockhammer and Manuel Erlacher
9. Brownfield Investments in the German Automotive Parts Industry: Private Equity as a Door Opener
Christoph Scheuplein
10. Reactions to China’s Cross-border Investment and International Investment Law
Karl P. S. Sauvant and Michael D. Nolan
11. Chinese Outward FDI in Germany and the U.S.: An Assessment of National and Sub-national Location Strategies
Susan M. Walcott and Ingo Liefner
12. The Perception of Local Institutional Quality by Multinationals in a Transition Economy Context: Empirical Evidence from Three Regions in Ukraine
Daria Zvirgzde, Daniel Schiller and Javier Revilla Diez
13. Realities of Responsible Business: Structural and Institutional Conditions in MNE-Local Government Bargaining
Päivi Oinas and Erja Kettunen
14. Between Embeddedness and Otherness: Internationalisation of Grocery Retailers in Emerging Markets
Lech Suwala and Elmar Kulke
15. Making Sense of Local Customer Relationships in Cross-border Acquisitions
Christina Öberg
16. Evolving Forms of Collaborative Finance in Corporate Networks: Insights from the Automotive Industry in Germany and Brazil
Christian Baumeister and Hans-Martin Zademach
17. Synopsis: Building a ‘Global’ Company: Challenges of Interspace and Regional Embeddedness
Martina Fuchs, Sebastian Henn, Martin Franz and Ram Mudambi
