Productivity and the Internationalization of Firms – Cross-border Acquisitions versus Greenfield Investments

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This paper extends the literature on the determinants of international activity at the fi rm level towards cross-border acquisitions and greenfield investments as different modes of FDI using a rich dataset of British firms. While multinational firms are characterized by higher productivity levels than exporters on average, the productivity ranking predicted by Helpman et al. (2004) does not hold within all types of industries and across all modes of foreign direct investment. In line with Nocke & Yeaple (2007) it matters whether multinational firms engage abroad via greenfield investments or cross-border acquisitions. Cross-border deals involve the most productive firms in sectors with a high share of intangible assets, but the least productive group of all internationally active firms in other industries.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-86788-302-3
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 259

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multinational Firms; International Business ; Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Voting; Proxy Contests; Corporate Governance ; Organization of Production ; Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
• Subject: Foreign entry ; cross-border M&A ; greenfield investment ; productivity ; Produktivität ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Internationale Markteintrittsstrategie ; Übernahme ; Direktinvestition ; Schätzung ; Großbritannien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Trax, Michaela
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45909
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET