21 years of international M&As and joint ventures by Italian medium-sized listed firms: Value creation or value destruction?

Ottorino Morresi () and Alberto Pezzi

Research in International Business and Finance, 2011, vol. 25, issue 1, 75-87

Abstract: This study provides evidence of the value creation of different equity entry modes in a sample of international investments performed by all Italian medium-sized listed firms in the period 1986-2006. Our research shows a positive and significant market reaction to announcements of internationalization strategies. The results are largely affected by high-equity entry modes carried out in advanced economies. Low-equity entry modes and international operations performed in emerging countries show no significant market reaction. We also find that the relative size of the deal, the firm age, the country risk, and the evolution of information disclosure regulation, matter in explaining the outcomes.

Keywords: Entry; mode; Event; study; Internationalization; Italian; medium-sized; firm; Joint; venture; M&; A; Value; creation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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