enterprises, and the FDI experiences of Japan, the United States, and selected developing countries. This volume will interest … in the 1980s -- 2. New Perspectives on Foreign Direct Investment -- 3. Where Are the Multinationals Headed? -- 4. Japan …

Using the Japanese bank merger dataset for the 2000s, this paper investigates whether the reduction of the ownership … ratio by the blockholder affects companies' operating performance and bank-firm relationships. In Japan, banks are … subsequent operating performance has a non-linear relationship with the cumulative shareholding ratio in the pre-merger period …

, but also offer invaluable opportunities for all parties. Since Japan lags expectations regarding the amount of cross …. However, how the employees’ view on a merger can be successfully managed to leverage the M&As’ success rate remains yet …-border M&As’ success rate. Contents Foundations of mergers and acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions in Japan Employee …