Cross-Border Acquisitions and Greenfield Entry: Profitability and Stock Market Value

33 Pages Posted: 19 Sep 2003

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Pehr-Johan Norbäck

Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

Lars Persson

Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: August 2003

Abstract

This Paper studies cross-border acquisitions and greenfield entry in a multi-firm setting. Acquisition entry is more likely when the acquirer gains a strong position in the product market, relative to greenfield entrants. We also show that such acquisitions might have a low profitability, however. The reason is that the bidding competition over the domestic assets is then so fierce that the firms involved would be better off not starting a bidding war. Moreover, this implies that domestic firms will then sell their assets at a substantially higher price than their reservation price. Implications for stock market values are also derived.

Keywords: FDI, mergers and acquisitions, stock market value

JEL Classification: F23, G34, L13

Suggested Citation

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Persson, Lars, Cross-Border Acquisitions and Greenfield Entry: Profitability and Stock Market Value (August 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=445741

Pehr-Johan Norbäck

Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) ( email )

Box 55665
Grevgatan 34, 2nd floor
Stockholm, SE-102 15
Sweden

Lars Persson (Contact Author)

Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) ( email )

Box 55665
Grevgatan 34, 2nd floor
Stockholm, SE-102 15
Sweden

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

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