Mergers and Acquisitions as the Pillar of Foreign Direct Investment

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
To Merge or to Acquire....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Globalization and Foreign Direct Investment....Pages 9-24
Motives for, Barriers to, and Trends in Foreign Direct Investment....Pages 25-40
Toward a Unifying Model of Foreign Direct Investment Determinants....Pages 41-65
The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment....Pages 67-79
Patterns of Multinational Enterprise—State Interactions in International Business....Pages 81-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Regional Concentration of Mergers and Acquisitions....Pages 99-119
Mergers and Acquisitions in Central and Eastern Europe and the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis....Pages 121-139
Motives, Empirical Results, and Contemporary Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions....Pages 141-157
A Survey of Recent Literature on the Determinants of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Activity....Pages 159-194
The Legal Framework for Mergers and Acquisitions in the European Union and the United States....Pages 195-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Foreign Direct Investment in the FYR Macedonia: An Overview of Motives, Incentives, and Barriers....Pages 209-231
Foreign Direct Investment in Perspective: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions in the Turkish Banking Sector....Pages 233-259
Foreign Direct Investment Determinants and Deterrents in Bulgaria and Albania: An Overview....Pages 261-268
Back Matter....Pages 269-301