the U.S. and other countries that seek to restrict foreign acquisitions by government-controlled entities. -- Government …

existing knowledge and technology. Climbing up the technological ladder can be helped through spillovers from foreign investors …. Local firms benefit from foreign counterparts in the early phase of the innovation process. Stronger FDI effects are found …

This paper argues that in revising the Takeover Bid Directive, EU policymakers should adopt a neutral approach toward … kind. Unfortunately, takeover rules cannot be crafted so as to hinder all the bad takeovers while at the same time … current EC legal framework for takeovers overall hinders takeover activity in the EU, the paper identifies three rationales …