Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the association between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and bank level productivity changes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses an international sample of 566 publicly quoted commercial banks operating in 75 countries,...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine value gains to acquirers in large commercial bank mega‐mergers (with transaction values over £1 billion) that occurred in the European Union during the period 1997‐2007, distinguishing between domestic and cross‐border transactions....