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Foreign ownership and employment growth in Indonesian manufacturing

Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Sun, Jing - 2010

. Foreign takeover of a domestically-owned plant, on average, brings a large immediate expansion of employment. …

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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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Cross-border Acquisitions and Labor Regulations

Levine, Ross - 2015

Do labor regulations influence the reaction of stock markets and firm profitability to cross-border acquisitions? We discover that acquiring firms enjoy smaller abnormal stock returns and profits when targets are in countries with stronger labor protection regulations, i.e., in countries where...

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Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

Erel, Isil; Jang, Yeejin; Weisbach, Michael S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

One of the most consequential events in any firm's lifetime is a major acquisition. Because of their importance, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been an enormous area of research. However, the vast majority of this research and survey papers summarizing this research have focused on...

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Globalization, Governance, and the Returns to Cross-Border Acquisitions

Ellis, Jesse - 2011

Using a sample of control cross-border acquisitions from 61 countries from 1990 to 2007, we find that acquirers from countries with better governance gain more from such acquisitions and their gains are higher when targets are from countries with worse governance. Other acquirer country...

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Recent Chinese Buyout Activity and the Implications for Global Architecture

Antkiewicz, Agata - 2006

We discuss recent cases of Chinese buyout activity in the OECD (especially in the US and the EU) in resource and manufacturing sectors. While most of the buyout attempts have been unsuccessful, they can serve as a catalyst for a wider discussion on the implications for global arrangements over...

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