We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. Using unique affiliate level data for Swedish multinational firms, we first present empirical evidence that acquired affiliates have a higher level of R&D intensity than Greenfield (start-up) affiliates. This gap persists over time and with the age of the affiliates, as well as for different firm types and industries. To explain this finding, we develop an acquisitioninvestment-oligopoly model where we show that for a foreign acquisition to take place in equilibrium, the acquiring MNE must invest sufficiently in sequential R&D in the affiliate. Otherwise, rivals will expand their business, thus making the acquisition unprofitable. Two additio...
National firms fulfill functions that foreign affiliates are less likely to undertake. For this reas...
We analyze the frequency and nature by which new firms are acquired by established businesses. Acqui...
International Joint Ventures are important for international Business. In recent years, firms starte...
We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. ...
We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. ...
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the causal effect of foreign acquisition on R&D intensity in ta...
Multinational firms may enter a market by different modes of foreign direct investment (FDI). This p...
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the causal effect of foreign acquisition on R&D intensity in ta...
Recent debate has focused on how foreign direct investments and foreign take-oversmay affect growth ...
We develop a partial equilibrium model of Foreign Direct In-vestment (FDI) with oligopolistic compet...
Two types of foreign direct investments (FDI), joint ventures (JVs) and wholly owned affiliates, sho...
The paper investigates the extent to which outward FDI affect the MNC's capacity of entering (and re...
This paper examines the link between a firm’s owership of productive assets and its choice of foreig...
We develop a matching model of foreign direct investment to study how multinational firms choose bet...
Purpose – When entering foreign markets, multinationals can acquire part of a foreign firm and can i...
National firms fulfill functions that foreign affiliates are less likely to undertake. For this reas...
We analyze the frequency and nature by which new firms are acquired by established businesses. Acqui...
International Joint Ventures are important for international Business. In recent years, firms starte...
We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. ...
We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. ...
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the causal effect of foreign acquisition on R&D intensity in ta...
Multinational firms may enter a market by different modes of foreign direct investment (FDI). This p...
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the causal effect of foreign acquisition on R&D intensity in ta...
Recent debate has focused on how foreign direct investments and foreign take-oversmay affect growth ...
We develop a partial equilibrium model of Foreign Direct In-vestment (FDI) with oligopolistic compet...
Two types of foreign direct investments (FDI), joint ventures (JVs) and wholly owned affiliates, sho...
The paper investigates the extent to which outward FDI affect the MNC's capacity of entering (and re...
This paper examines the link between a firm’s owership of productive assets and its choice of foreig...
We develop a matching model of foreign direct investment to study how multinational firms choose bet...
Purpose – When entering foreign markets, multinationals can acquire part of a foreign firm and can i...
National firms fulfill functions that foreign affiliates are less likely to undertake. For this reas...
We analyze the frequency and nature by which new firms are acquired by established businesses. Acqui...
International Joint Ventures are important for international Business. In recent years, firms starte...