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Local Density and Foreign Subsidiary Performance

Eden, Lorraine; Miller, Stewart R. - 2011

explaining foreign subsidiary performance. This study draws upon the literatures on liability of foreignness and density … dependence to examine how local density within the host country affects performance, both directly and indirectly through its … performance, and that market experience is less beneficial in high density environments. Strategic conformity enhances performance …

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Impact of Foreign Banks

Claessens, Stijn - 2013

This paper provides a critical assessment of the costs and benefits of foreign bank ownership. It reviews the extensive literature on the impact of foreign banks and uses a unique database on bank ownership, covering 129 countries, to (re-)examine a number of the issues discussed. It documents...

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Corporate Governance and Merger and Acquisition Foreign Direct Investment : Firm-Level Evidence from Japanese Foreign Direct Investment into the US

Alba, Joseph D. - 2014

Merger and acquisition (M&A) is a mechanism for promoting corporate governance suggesting that an improvement in overall corporate governance may have a negative effect on M&A activity. Since M&A foreign direct investment (FDI) is a cross-border variant of M&A, stronger corporate governance may...

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What Drives IFDIs in the Nigerian Banking Industry?

Aburime, Toni - 2011

To contribute to the understanding of FDIs in Nigeria, this study sought to empirically identify significant drivers of IFDIs in the Nigerian banking industry. Using a panel data set comprising 204 observations of 23 banks over the period 1996-2007 and industry-level, macroeconomic and...

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FDI versus cross-border financial services: The globalisation of German banks

Buch, Claudia M.; Lipponer, Alexander - 2004

The choice between foreign direct investment (FDI) and exports has been a recurrent theme in the literature on international trade, yet few studies have analysed this choice at the level of the individual firm. This paper uses a new dataset to study the FDI-versus-exports decision for banks. We...

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Clustering or competition? The foreign investment behaviour of German banks

Lipponer, Alexander; Buch, Claudia M. - 2004

The presence of other firms in a foreign market can have a double-edged effect on the profitability of new entrants. Firstly, a larger presence of other firms implies more competition and thus lowers the earnings prospects of new entrants. Secondly, there might be positive spill-over effects...

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Clustering or competition? The foreign investment behaviour of German banks

Lipponer, Alexander; Buch, Claudia M. - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2004

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FDI versus cross-border financial services: The globalisation of German banks

Buch, Claudia M.; Lipponer, Alexander - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2004

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Location Decisions of Foreign Banks and Institutional Competitive Advantage

Claessens, Stijn; Horen, Neeltje van - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2008

Familiarity with working in a specific institutional environment compared to its competitors can provide a firm with a competitive advantage, making it invest in specific host countries. We examine whether this notion of institutional competitive advantage drives banks to seek out specific...

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Performance of foreign banks in developing countries : evidence from sub-Saharan African banking markets

Pelletier, Adeline - In: Journal of banking & finance 88 (2018), pp. 292-311

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