This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most … separately. The results showed a diametrically opposing impact of productivity and profitability on the takeover likelihood. This … well as binary response model estimations of takeover probabilities were performed for the manufacturing and service sector …

of utmost topicality. -- post-acquisition performance ; foreign takeover ; manufacturing ; treatment analysis ; Germany …This study provides the first comparative evidence of foreign and domestic acquisitions in Germany. A propensity score … matching approach combined with a difference-in-difference estimator were performed separately for foreign and domestic …

share of sales from product innovations is not significantly affected by a foreign takeover for a given amount of innovation …This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the welfare effects of foreign direct investment by investigating the … selection bias, it is found that foreign takeovers have a large negative impact on the propensity to perform innovation …

domestic German firms that are subject to a foreign takeover regarding employment and productivity. For this purpose, I use a … between firm characteristics before and after a foreign takeover, this econometric approach ensures that the causal effects … ; foreign takeover ; employment ; productivtity …