The Motivation and Performance Analysis of Geely’s Cross-Border Merger and Acquisition of Daimler

Abstract

In recent years, cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the automotive industry have emerged, and the total amount of global mergers and acquisitions in the automotive industry has shown an upward trend in 2018. At present, compared with the automobile enterpris-es in developed countries, China’s automobile enterprises have been relatively backward. Geely’s acquisition of Daimler is a typical case of overseas M&Ain China’s automobile industry. This paper discusses the motivation of its M&Aand puts forward suggestions on performance analysis, which can provide references for Chinese enterprises to conduct overseas M&Ain the future, and is conducive to reducing the risks of Chinese enterprises’overseas M&Aand improving the efciency of M&A.