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Corporate profit misalignment: evidence from German headquarter companies and their foreign affiliates
Godar, Sarah; Janský, Petr - 2020
higher share of German multinational corporations' profit than economic activity, while in Eastern European countries, most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012289747
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Do Foreign Owners Favor Short-Term Profit? Evidence from Germany
Dill, Verena - 2014
focus on short-term profit. This influence is particularly strong if the local managers of the German subsidiary are not … subsidiary increases the probability of focusing on short-term profit. These findings conform to the hypothesis that foreign … short-term profit. However, we do not identify differences in "short-termism" between investors from "Anglo-Saxon" and other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053540
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Lufthansa : a century of international growth
Schmid, Stefan; Xia, Zhengtian - 2024
Over the last century, the passenger airline industry has undergone a series of transformations, with Lufthansa being a key player not only in Europe, but also worldwide. This case study traces Lufthansa's development, from its origins up until its current status, and outlines its expansion by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014634473
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: First comparative evidence on the post-acquisition target performance using new data
Weche Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
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 acquisitions to account for a general takeover effect....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294459
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: Cherry-picking and lemon-grabbing
Weche-Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most important FDI inflow destinations worldwide. Using a new database from German official statistics, unconditional comparisons as well as binary response model estimations of takeover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294465
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Credit constraints, foreign ownership, and foreign takeovers in Germany
Wagner, Joachim; Weche Gelübcke, John P. - 2013
In this paper we present the first evidence for a link between foreign ownership and credit constraints for Germany, one of the world's leading target countries for foreign direct investment. Furthermore, we contribute to the literature by investigating the impact of a foreign acquisition on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333505
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany : cherry-picking and lemon-grabbing
Weche-Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most important FDI inflow destinations worldwide. Using a new database from German official statistics, unconditional comparisons as well as binary response model estimations of takeover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530270
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Access to finance, foreign ownership, and foreign takeovers in Germany : conference paper
Wagner, Joachim; Weche, John P. - 2014 - February 2014
With this paper we present the first microeconometric analysis of the impact of a foreign acquisition on the target firms' access to finance. By using a large database of German firms we furthermore investigate for the first time the link between foreign ownership and access to finance in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481336
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany : first comparative evidence on the post-acquisition target performance using new data
Weche, John P. - 2012
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 acquisitions to account for a general takeover effect....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009613256
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Credit constraints, foreign ownership, and foreign takeovers in Germany
Wagner, Joachim; Weche, John P. - 2013
In this paper we present the first evidence for a link between foreign ownership and credit constraints for Germany, one of the world's leading target countries for foreign direct investment. Furthermore, we contribute to the literature by investigating the impact of a foreign acquisition on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010187848