Not easy to replicate domestic success, investors warned

This year has witnessed a rapid expansion in Chinese companies' overseas takeover. But experts have cautioned that Chinese acquirers can't assume that they can replicate their domestic success formula overseas.

"Just because you are very successful in China doesn't mean that you can translate those successes factors into activities in the rest of the world," Hans-Paul Burkner, global chairman of Boston Consulting Group, told China Daily.

Burkner was reacting to latest figures from the United States research firm Dealogic that showed Chinese companies have agreed $102 billion in foreign deals so far this year, which is already level with the record $106 billion signed last year.