Greenfield versus Merger & Acquisition FD : Same Wine, Different Bottles?

Davies, Ronald B. and Desbordes, Rodolphe and Ray, Anna (2015) Greenfield versus Merger & Acquisition FD : Same Wine, Different Bottles? Preprint / Working Paper. HAL. (https://hal-pjse.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01122...)

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Abstract

Relying on a large foreign direct investment (FDI) transaction level dataset, unique both in terms of disaggregation and time and country coverage, this paper examines patterns in greenfield (GF) versus merger & acquisition (MA) investment. Although both are found to seek out large markets with low international barriers, important dif- ferences emerge. MA is more affected by geographic and cultural barriers and exhibits opportunistic behaviours as it is more sensitive to short-run changes, such as a currency crisis. On the other hand, GF is relatively driven by long-run factors, such as origin-country technological and institutional development or comparative advantage. These empirical facts are consistent with the conceptual distinction made between these two modes, i.e. MA involves transfer of ownership for integration or arbitrage reasons while GF relies on firms own capacities, which are linked to the origin countries attributes. They also suggest that GF and MA are likely to respond differently to policies intended to attract FDI.

ORCID iDs

Davies, Ronald B., Desbordes, Rodolphe ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8923-5401 and Ray, Anna;
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