Equity ownership in cross-border mergers and acquisitions by British firms: an analysis of real options and transaction cost factors

AHAMMAD, Mohammad, LEONE, Vitor, TARBA, Shlomo, KEITH, Glaister and AHMAD, Arslan (2017). Equity ownership in cross-border mergers and acquisitions by British firms: an analysis of real options and transaction cost factors. British Journal Of Management, 28 (2), 180-196.

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Abstract

The authors investigate the factors influencing the share of equity ownership sought in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM&As). Drawing on real options theory and transaction cost economics (TCE), they address and hypothesize key factors linked to commitment under exogenous uncertainty and the separation of desired and non-desired assets’ influence on share of equity sought by acquiring firms in CBM&As. Empirical analysis based on 1872 CBM&As undertaken by British firms in both developed and emerging economies shows that British MNEs are more likely to pursue a partial acquisition in a target foreign firm when those foreign firms are from culturally distant countries. Further, findings support the view that the high cost of separating desired assets from non-desired assets motivates firms to make a partial acquisition rather than acquire the target completely. This is one of the first studies to use real options theory to address the cost of commitment under exogenous uncertainty, as well as TCE logic to address the separation of desired and non-desired assets in the target firm while analysing equity ownership sought in CBM&As. Empirically, this paper contributes by examining CBM&As by British firms in both developed and emerging markets.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Sheffield Business School Research Institute > International Business, Economics, SMEs and Entrepreneurship
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Sheffield Business School > Department of Management
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12215
Page Range:	180-196
Depositing User:	Mohammad Ahammad
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2017 16:22
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 00:55
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15297

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