ABSTRACT
Corporate governance has an enormous affect on mergers and acquisitons. The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of corporate governance in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Our study indicates that cross-border US-China M&As has been between companies having simlar corporate governance standards. Recent acquisitions do not indicate any disciplinary takeovers. It appears that the motvation of these M&As is to gain access to global market in a cost-effective way.
Keywords
Corporate Governance, M&A, cross-border acquisitions, China, Takeover Defense