The level of Chinese Outbound M&A has risen significantly during recent years, with German companies being the main target within Europe. This Work Project explores this phenomenon, by assessing the short-term impact on profitability of acquired German companies pre-acquisition versus post-acquisition, whereby the results show statistically insignificant differences Moreover, the study portrays the Chinese M&A activity in Germany during the period 2011-2014 and shows that many companies of key German industries were acquired; Private Equity companies played an important role as sellers, and both Chinese acquirers from the same industries as well as form different industries as the target firm were represented
