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

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 …

takeover performance, focusing on the benefits of organizational learning and the detriments of post-merger integration (PMI …