Research on Cross-border M&A Networks in “One Belt One Road” Countries Based on SNA

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10.2991/assehr.k.210519.254How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social network analysis, “One Belt One Road”, cross-border mergers and acquisitions network, network evolution

Abstract

This paper constructs a cross-border M&A transaction network in the “One Belt One Road” countries, and explores the structural evolution characteristics of the network through social network analysis methods. The results show that the degree of closeness of M&A transactions between countries in the “One Belt One Road” cross-border M&A network has increased year by year, but there is still a lot of room for development as a whole; more developed economies are at the core of the network. The weaker economies have almost no influence in the network; the cross-border M&A activities in the sectors of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States as the main body are relatively active. Southeast Asian countries have become popular areas for capital inflows in recent years. Western Asian countries are more scattered and difficult to form blocks; the M&A linkages between countries have gradually shown the “Matthew effect.”

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Min Li
AU  - Huanlin Pan
AU  - Zhengqun Zhan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/20
TI  - Research on Cross-border M&A Networks in “One Belt One Road” Countries Based on SNA
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1294
EP  - 1298
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210519.254
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.254
ID  - Li2021
ER  -