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State Ownership, Cross-Border Acquisition, and Risk-Taking : Evidence from China's Banking Industry
Zhu, Wenyu - 2016
adequacy ratio and liquidity ratio. By compiling a complete list of cross-border acquisitions in China's banking sector, we …
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Confucius Institute, Belt and Road Initiative, and internationalization
Wang, Hao; Han, Yonghui; Fidrmuc, Jan; Wei, Dongming - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München / Center for …; … - 2020
In this paper, we study the role of Confucius Institute in supporting internationalization of Chinese enterprises. Employing a panel dataset containing 66 Belt-Road countries and 75 non Belt-Road countries from 2006 to 2017, we find that the Confucius Institute has had a positive effect on...
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Learning Through International Acquisitions : The Process of Knowledge Acquisition in China
Zou, Huan - 2016
China, it generates new theoretical propositions as well as practical managerial implications.● Results reveal the types of …
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Investor Protection and Firm Performance : Evidence from China's Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
Hua, Xiuping - 2015
of the financial market in China. First, better investor protection mechanisms at target countries, such as better law … shareholders of bidding firms around China's outward cross-border mergers. Second, firm-level corporate governance mechanisms are … explaining firm values in China …
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The Labor Market Effect of Foreign Acquisitions : Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms
Liu, Qing; Lu, Ruosi; Zhang, Chao - 2021
The potential impacts of foreign acquisitions have long been debatable in both academic and policy circles in China …, which have more or less shaped China's regulation policy regarding foreign acquisitions. This paper examines the causal … effect of foreign acquisitions on the labor market in China with self-constructed firm level panel data. We combine the …
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Finance-specific factors as drivers of cross-border investment : an OLI perspective
Forssbaeck, Jens (contributor); Oxelheim, Lars (contributor) - 2008
In this paper we empirically test the role of firm-specific financial characteristics as drivers of international investment and production. We hypothesize that financial strength generates advantages that can be exploited through cross-border investment activity. The hypothesis is tested in a...
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Should R&D champions be protected from foreign takeovers?
Bertrand, Olivier (contributor) - 2008
We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. Using unique affiliate level data for Swedish multinational firms, we first present empirical evidence that acquired affiliates have a higher level of R&D intensity than greenfield (start-up)...
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Do foreign mergers and acquisitions boost firm productivity?
Schiffbauer, Marc; Siedschlag, Iulia; Ruane, Frances P. - 2009
This paper examines the causal relationship between foreign mergers and acquisitions and firm productivity in the UK over the period 1999-2007. Our results raise questions about the existence of aggregate effects of foreign ownership on TFP in the longer-run. However, we find significant...
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The effects of taxation on the location decision of multinational firms : M&A vs. Greenfield investments
Hebous, Shafik; Ruf, Martin; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2010
In this study, we estimate the impacts of differences in international tax rates on the probability of choosing a location for an affiliate of a multinational firm. In particular, we distinguish between the tax sensitivity of Greenfield and M&A investments. Based on a novel firm-level dataset on...
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Foreign ownership and employment growth in Indonesian manufacturing
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Sun, Jing - 2010
. Foreign takeover of a domestically-owned plant, on average, brings a large immediate expansion of employment. …
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