There are four major modes through which firms undertake foreign direct investment (FDI): merger and acquisition (M … stylized two-stage investment process. First, we look at the probability of whether a Japanese firm is willing to undertake FDI …

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is motivated by increasing shareholder value through improved corporate … (US) on Japanese M&A and non-M&A FDI inflows. In doing so, we expand upon Alba, Park, and Wang (2009), which looked only … Japanese M&A and non-M&A FDI into the US during the 1990s. The regulations apparently encouraged US firms to improve their …