separately. The results showed a diametrically opposing impact of productivity and profitability on the takeover likelihood. This …

no productivity improvements for the period 2007 to 2009. This evidence contradicts existing empirical studies for … Germany which find significant productivity improvements and no changes in terms of employment. These findings are of …

. Labor productivity becomes insignificant when the comparison group consists of domestically-owned affiliates with a high … less compared to other foreign affiliates and that there is no productivity advantage in favor of US firms like in …