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Foreign Entry into U.S. Manufacturing by Takeovers and the Creation of New Firms

Lipsey, Robert E. - 2002

Using U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data for individual foreign acquisitions and new establishments in the U.S from 1988 to 1998, and aggregate data for 1980 to 1998, we find that acquisitions and establishments of new firms tend to occur in periods of high U.S. growth and take place mainly...

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Endogenous Market Structure and Foreign Market Entry

Markusen, James R. - 2009

Models dealing with cross-border acquisitions versus greenfield investment usually assume that the entry of a foreign firm into a market has effects on the outputs of all domestic firms in that market, but exit or entry of local firms is not considered. The purpose of this paper is to re-examine...

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Heterogeneity and the FDI versus Export Decision of Japanese Manufacturers

Head, Keith - 2003

We investigate whether productivity differences explain why some manufacturers sell only to the domestic market while others serve foreign markets through exports and/or FDI. When overseas production offers no cost advantages, our model predicts that investors should be more productive than...

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CEO Turnover and Foreign Market Participation

Blonigen, Bruce - 2003

Anecdotal evidence suggests that new CEOs with foreign backgrounds direct their firms to become more international in their operations. We examine this hypothesis formally using data on U.S. S&P-500 manufacturing firms from 1992 through 1997 and biographical information on CEOs' birth and...

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Foreign direct investment

Froot, Kenneth (ed.) - 1993

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Swedish Firms Acquired by Foreigners : A Comparison of Before and After Takeover

Lipsey, Robert E. - 1982

relatively low in value added per employee at the time of takeover and before, a characteristic we take to indicate relatively …-term recoveries after takeover from the misfortunes of the takeover year and a return to higher growth rates of employment and output … year or two after takeover but seem to have increased their profitability or efficiency relative to their industries. The …

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Foreign Takeovers of Swedish Firms

Lipsey, Robert E. - 1981

ion of firms for takeover is based on f inn characteristics, not industry characteristics. After takeover by foreigners …, by the crude measurements we have been able to apply so far, do not seem to be affected in any consistent way by takeover …

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Foreign Ownership and Firm Performance : Emerging-Market Acquisitions in the United States

Chari, Anusha - 2009

This paper examines the recent upsurge in foreign acquisitions of U.S. firms, specifically focusing on acquisitions made by firms located in emerging markets. Neoclassical theory predicts that, on net, capital should flow from countries that are capital-abundant to countries that are...

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Cross-Border Acquisitions and Target Firms' Performance : Evidence From Japanese Firm-Level Data

Fukao, Kyoji - 2006

Moreover, we find that there is no positive impact on target firms' profitability in the case of both within-group in-in acquisitions and in-in acquisitions by domestic outsiders. In fact, in the manufacturing sector, the return on assets even deteriorated one year and two years after...

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An Assignment Theory of Foreign Direct Investment

Nocke, Volker - 2004

We develop an assignment theory to analyze the volume and composition of foreign direct investment (FDI). Firms conduct FDI by either engaging in greenfield investment or in cross-border acquisitions. Cross-border acquisitions involve firms trading heterogeneous corporate assets to exploit...

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