Existing research has utilized real options theory to analyze corporate venture capital (CVC) investment, yet little … work has empirically studied such investment in a comparative setting. In this paper, we begin to address this gap by … investigating firms' investment mode choice between CVC and acquisition, which are alternative modes for external business …

themselves. Fragmentation, demand uncertainty, and investment costs determine the timing of acquisitions. …This paper explains why consolidation acquisitions occur in waves and it predicts the differing role each firm is … initial acquisition triggers a wave of follow-on acquisitions, where the process of asset accumulation by the consolidator is …

We present evidence that referenda have a significant, detrimental outcome on investment. Employing an unsupervised … policy-related uncertainty. Examining the relationship of these indices with investment on a longitudinal panel of 3 … uncertainty to investment. Our preferred specification suggests that a one standarddeviation increase in Brexit uncertainty …

In this paper we analyse the impact of policy uncertainty on foreign direct investment strategies. The paper follows …

We show that political uncertainty influences corporate investment at the Australian state-level. More specifically, we … determinants of corporate investment. We also show that political uncertainty affects corporate investment of firms differently …

This study aims to verify if there is a negative relation between the investment of Brazilian companies and the …