Mergers and Acquisitions as the Pillar of Foreign Direct Investment

This comprehensive volume tackles all aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions activity - including regional concentration of M&As at a global level, the impact of the economic crisis, and theoretical concepts and practical applications. This comprehensive volume tackles the issues of Mergers & Acquisitions activity - the dominant form of both Foreign Direct Investment and domestic direct investment. The volume aims to explore the concept of M&As in a manner that would be useful both to students and academics/practitioners. The subject coverage deals with the core issues and the discussion is not limited to introductory themes but deals with relevant specificities. The volume is divided in three parts, covering theregional concentration of M&As at a global level and the impact of the economic crisis, the determinants of M&As, and theoretical concepts and practical applications related to M&A activity 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 This comprehensive volume tackles the issues of Mergers & Acquisitions activity 6 the dominant form of both Foreign Direct Investment and domestic direct investment. The volume aims to explore the concept of M & As in a manner that would be useful both to students and academics/practitioners. The subject coverage deals with the core issues and the discussion is not limited to introductory themes but deals with relevant specificities. The volume is divided in three parts, covering theregional concentration of M & As at a global level and the impact of the economic crisis, the determinants of M & As, and theoretical concepts and practical applications related to M & A activity