| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 409, 2023
International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM 2023)
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| Article Number | 05011 | |
| Number of page(s) | 16 | |
| Section | Economic and Social Effects | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202340905011 | |
| Published online | 01 August 2023 | |
The Impact of Corporate Digitalization on Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Performance in Chinese Listed Companies
1 Business School of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
2 School of Economics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
3 College of Arts, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China
* e-mail: 2093636559\@qq.com
Under the influence of the “going out” strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative, China has been accelerating its process of globalization. Based on a sample of 123 cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) cases launched by Chinese listed companies from 2012 to 2019, this paper empirically studied the impact of corporate digitalization on cross-border M&A performance. The regression results showed that corporate digitalization promoted both short-term and long-term cross-border M&A performance, especially when the acquiring company was a high-tech company. In non-stateowned enterprises (non-SOEs), corporate digitalization promoted short-term cross-border M&A performance more significantly, while in SOEs the positive impact was more significant on long-term cross-border M&A performance. Furthermore, internal control quality strengthened the role of corporate digitalization on short-term performance of the acquiring company after cross-border M&A, while it negatively moderated the correlation between corporate digitalization and long-term performance of the acquiring company after cross-border M&A. This study provided some implications for firms on how to promote their cross-border M&A performance and references for the government’s innovation encouragement policy and the “going out” strategy.
Key words: Corporate digitalization / Cross-border M&A / Financial performance / Internal control
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2023
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