Arbeitspapier

Analyzing Modes of Foreign Entry. Greenfield Investment versus Acquisition

This paper studies the entry decision of a multinational enterprise into a foreign market. Two alternative entry modes for a foreign direct investment are considered: Greenfield investment versus acquisition. In contrast to existing approaches, the acquisition price and the profits under both entry modes are endogenously determined. Interestingly, we find that the optimal entry mode decision is a ected by the competition intensity in the market in a non-monotonic way. When markets are very much or very little competitive, greenfield investment is the optimal entry mode, while for intermediate values it is acquisition.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Munich Discussion Paper ; No. 2001-1

Classification
Wirtschaft
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements
Multinational Firms; International Business
Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions
Subject
Foreign direct investment
multinational enterprise
greenfield investment
acquisition
transition economies

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Müller, Thomas
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
(where)
München
(when)
2001

DOI
doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.13
Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-13-9
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Müller, Thomas
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät

Time of origin

  • 2001

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