Institutional Investors

Ralf Bebenroth

Chapter 11 in International Business Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan, 2015, pp 153-169 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Equity stake purchases by institutional investors is a phenomenon that has become increasingly common in Japan. This chapter investigates how the post-acquisition performance of target firms differs across domestic versus cross border and friendly versus unfriendly equity stake purchases. Two contrasting concepts, the arms-length principle and geographic-proximity theory are applied. Results partly confirm that Japanese equity stake purchased target firms in an unfriendly attempt performed better right after the deal. Subsequently, the performance was significantly higher for equity stake purchased target firms by cross border institutional investors compared to domestic ones. The number of employees after the purchase decreased significantly for Japanese and for friendly attempts but increased for cross border and unfriendly ones. Implications are discussed.

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Institutional Investor; Hedge Fund; Japanese Firm; Cross Border (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54989-5_11

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