Acquisitions by Emerging Multinational Corporations Motivation and Performance of Transactions in Western Europe and North America /

• Main Author: Distler, Johannes (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Gabler, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Schriften zum europäischen Management
• Subjects: Globalization.; Markets.; Emerging Markets/Globalization.

This thesis analyzes the motivation and performance of 403 acquisitions made by emerging multinational corporations (EMNCs) in Western Europe and North America between 1994 and 2013. The findings indicate that most EMNCs were motivated to acquire in order to obtain access to the upstream and downstr...