Chinese Acquisitions in Developed Countries : Operational Challenges and Opportunities

This book assesses Chinese acquisitions in developed countries, evaluates the drivers and opportunities and, above all, explores the major operational challenges. It discusses topics such as cross-cultural issues, integration strategies, risk and resilience, the influence of emerging technologies, servitization, impacts on reshoring, corporate social responsibility, branding strategies, knowledge management, and transfer of best practices.

Alessandra Vecchi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Management at the University of Bologna in Italy, where she holds a Marie Curie Fellowship. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the London College of Fashion. In addition to teaching several subjects, mostly in the field of International Business and Operations Management at postgraduate level, she supervises MA and PhD students in a wide array of Fashion Management-related subjects. She has written a number of high-profile publications, and her research interests tend to be of a multidisciplinary nature and rather eclectic.