We provide novel evidence that a firm's engagement in employee-related issues explains part of the value difference between its domestic and cross-border takeovers. An acquirer's investment in employee relations is positively related to the firm's performance when acquiring domestically, but...

Using a cross-country sample of mergers and acquisitions, we examine the role of cultural, institutional, geographic and managerial factors on post-merger default risk. Our results are consistent with the asymmetric hypothesis that managers take advantage of the overvaluation and volatility of...

A growing literature documents that management quality accounts for an important portion of the differences in productivity across firms and countries. One route through which management practices could affect productivity is through mergers and acquisitions. In this paper, I investigate the...

We provide novel evidence that a firm's engagement in employee-related issues explains part of the value difference between its domestic and cross-border takeovers. An acquirer's investment in employee relations is positively related to the firm's performance when acquiring domestically, but...

We develop a model that explains variation in adoption patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-related business practices in cases after multinational corporations (MNCs) have acquired social enterprises. Existing approaches that seek to explain these differences remain theoretically...

Growing globalization has created a business environment that encourages companies to internationalize through international acquisitions. The growth in the number and value of international acquisitions in the previous period has increased the number of studies that analyze this phenomenon from...

This study aims to determine the influence of the industry group business on international acquisition diversification with private ownership and strategic asset seeking as moderating variables. Using resource-based and institutional theory, this study hypothesizes that the industry group...