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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.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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To Merge or to Acquire
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
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Front Matter
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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)
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Front Matter
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Case Studies
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Back Matter
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1 To merge or to acquire, by Aristidis Bitzenis and Vasileios A. Vlachos.
Part I: FDI
2 Globalization and FDI, by Aristidis Bitzenis.
3 Motives, barriers, and trends of FDI, by Aristidis Bitzenis.
4 Towards a unifying model of FDI determinants, by Aristidis Bitzenis, Pyrros Papadimitriou and Vasileios A. Vlachos.
5 The impact of FDI, by Aristidis Bitzenis and Vasileios A. Vlachos.
6 Patterns of MNE/state interactions in international business, by Yorgos Rizopoulos and Dimitrios Sergakis.
Part II: M&As
7 Regional concentration of M&As, by Aristidis Bitzenis and Pyrros Papadinitriou.
8 M&As in central and eastern Europe and the impact of the global economic crisis, by Christina Sakali.
9 M&As: Motives, empirical results and contemporary issues, by Ioannis A. Tampakoudis, Demetres N. Subeniotis and Iordanis M. Eleftheriadis.
10 A survey of recent literature on the determinants of cross-border M&A activity, by Vasileios A. Vlachos.
11 The legal regime on M&As in EU and US, by Tania Pantazi.
Part III: Case Studies
12 FDI in FYR Macedonia: An overview of motives and barriers, by Aristidis Bitzenis, Valentina Nuskova and Vasileios A. Vlachos.
13 FDI into perspective: Evidence from M&As in the Turkish banking sector, by Panagiotis Kontakos.
14 FDI determinants and deterrents in Bulgaria and Albania: An overview, by Aristidis Bitzenis.
About the authors
Aristides Bitzenis is Associate Professor of Global Entrepreneurship & FDI in the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Macedonia, Greece.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mergers and Acquisitions as the Pillar of Foreign Direct Investment
Editors: Aristidis Bitzenis, Vasileios A. Vlachos, Pyrros Papadimitriou
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137031556
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-01330-9Published: 26 July 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-03155-6Published: 26 July 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 301
Topics: Business Finance, International Business, Finance, general, Organization, Human Resource Management