Both researchers and practitioners claim that foreign investors acquire U.S. firms to gain access to reputable brands. There is, however, no empirical evidence to support this argument. This study uses 269 Japanese investments made in the US to test the hypothesis that Japanese investors'...

What factors influence a state-owned enterprise in a transition economy to choose between alternative technology acquisition strategies? This study uses two frameworks developed in the context of industrialized economies -transition costs economics and organizational capacities-to propose...