M&A investments. Based on a novel firm-level dataset on German outbound FDI, we find evidence that location decisions of … finding is consistent with a (partial) capitalisation of taxes in the acquisition price when the FDI project takes the form of … M&A. -- FDI ; corporate taxation ; location ; M&A ; Greenfield …

This paper considers the effect of acquisition FDI on the knowledge production function. We distinguish between … complementarities in the knowledge assets of the MNE and the target firm as a reason for FDI. In contrast, consistent with technology … sourcing FDI, acquisitions from non-leading countries increase internal R&D efforts. -- MNE ; knowledge production function …

The research on the location choice for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is traditionally restricted to a choice between … considered it is mostly limited to Greenfield investments. The vast majority of FDI, however, takes place in the form of cross …-border Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As), and for this form of FDI (empirical) research on location choice within countries has been …

We study a multinational enterprise's (MNE) choice of foreign direct investment (FDI) mode in a vertically related … among FDI modes as well as among markets with more or less dependence on backward linkages. …