{"id":4962,"date":"2018-11-05T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2024-03-10T09:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T23:34:24","slug":"chinese-fdi-in-new-zealand-what-are-chinese-investors-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/chinese-fdi-in-new-zealand-what-are-chinese-investors-looking-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese FDI in New Zealand: What are Chinese investors looking for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign direct investment (FDI) by China is increasing globally, but we know relatively little about why Chinese investors acquire assets in New Zealand. In a recent article, two examples of Chinese multinational enterprises (MNEs) acquiring iconic New Zealand companies show some <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/tie.21871\">commonalities in investor motivation, entry strategy and choice of target<\/a>. The research suggests that traditional international business theories of Western MNEs\u2019 internationalisation need modifying for enterprises from emerging economies.<\/p>\n<p>PGG Wrightson is New Zealand\u2019s largest rural services business provider and also has subsidiaries in Australia and South America (mostly Uruguay). It has become partially acquired by a somewhat newly established Chinese agricultural firm, Agria, which made its first international acquisition in 2009 when it acquired a 13% holding in PGG Wrightson. A further acquisition of stock in 2011 took Agria\u2019s stake in PGG Wrightson past 50%. 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