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Cross-Border Acquisition or Greenfield Entry: Does it Matter for Affiliate R&D?

Bertrand, Olivier; Hakkala, Katariina; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

This paper investigates how the entry mode of foreign direct investment (FDI) affects the affiliate R&D activities using unique data on Swedish multinational firms over a long period of time (1970 to 1998). On average, acquired affiliates are more likely to do R&D and have a higher level of R&D...

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Mergers by Partial Acquisition

Lindqvist, Tobias - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004

This paper evaluates partial acquisition strategies. The model allows for buying a share of a firm before the actual … acquisition takes place. Holding a share in a competing firm before the acquisition of another firm, outsider-toehold, eliminates …

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Acquisiton Strategies: Empirical Evidence of Outsider-Toeholds

Lindqvist, Tobias - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2005

before the acquisition of another firm, outsider-toehold, is more profitable in some market constellations, due to the …

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