Corporate tax cuts,merger activity,and shareholder wealth

We study the impact of the Domestic Production Activities Deduction (DPAD) on mergers and acquisitions. DPAD reduces corporate tax rates on income from work or goods made in the U.S. Results indicate that the quantity and quality of acquisition bids by DPAD-advantaged firms conform to the predictions of the neoclassical theory of the firm and the theory of financial constraints. Specifically, bids, particularly those cash-financed, increase substantially in industries with large DPAD-related tax cuts and for firms with financial constraints. Moreover, DPAD improves acquisition quality where acquirers and targets are likely to generate incremental DPAD tax benefits through their merger.     

Corporate Taxes and Financing Methods for Taxable Acquisitions*

We examine the influence of corporate taxes on U.S. firms' financing methods for taxable acquisitions of 100 percent of a target corporation's stock. We conduct tests of acquirer firms' use of debt or internal funds as the funding source for these acquisitions over the period 1987‐97. Our results provide the first empirical evidence that U.S. firms' use of debt to fund acquisitions significantly declines as foreign tax credit limitations reduce the marginal tax benefits received from borrowing. This finding is consistent with earlier speculation that U.S. foreign tax credit provisions could materially affect the capital costs of U.S. companies in debt‐financed acquisitions. We also find that these firms are generally high‐tax‐rate corporations whose financing choices are not significantly influenced by whether they acquire target‐firm tax loss carryovers. Our findings contribute to the accounting literature on the influence of taxes on the structure and financing of corporate acquisitions.     

Exploring civic virtue and turnover intention during organizational changes

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are probably the most common strategic manoeuvres in business. Given the critical importance of human factors for their success, this study aims to enhance understanding of employee reactions to such projects. This article looks into the way that psychological contract breach affects employee turnover intention and civic virtue, after taking into consideration the mediating role of organizational commitment and the moderating role of coping with changes. Data were obtained from employees at a recently acquired restaurant chain in Athens, Greece. Statistical analyses confirmed all hypotheses, with one exception.     

新兴市场海外并购的持续创新效果及影响因素研究

新兴市场企业海外并购，购买技术的同时能否提升其创新能力？以中国A股上市公司为对象，研究技术并购行为对企业技术创新的影响及持续效果。不仅考虑了海外并购事件，还考虑了并购之后的吸收过程与技术创新的关系。研究发现，中国企业能够通过海外并购促进其技术创新绩效显著提高，但长期来看，海外并购对其创新能力的促进作用逐步减弱。国有企业能够通过海外并购获得更高的创新绩效，并且该效果能保持更长时间。具有海外经历的高管也能够帮助企业从海外并购中获得更高的创新绩效，但海归高管不利于该效果的长期保持。     

中国企业跨国并购风险及防范对策研究

为扩大生产规模、获得先进技术和资源、增强市场竞争力,跨国并购已成为中国企业进行国际化经营的重要方式。但实施跨国并购涉及的问题多而复杂,充满了各种各样的风险。如果对跨国并购的风险分析不透、防范不当,不但严重影响企业对外投资战略的成功实施,还有可能对企业原本根基造成较大威胁。因此,有必要对中国企业跨国并购中各个环节的风险进行充分分析,并提出相应的风险防范对策。     

高技术制造企业生产链位置与技术并购创新绩效关系研究

高技术企业在生产链中的位置差异决定技术创新模式差异,而技术并购作为主要外源性创新资源渠道,对于生产链上不同位置高技术企业的影响不同。从微观层面研究高技术制造企业生产链位置与技术并购创新绩效间的关系,实证结果表明：处于较高生产链位置的主并企业能够通过技术并购促进创新绩效提升,技术基础宽度在其中起正向调节作用。进一步分析发现,在非跨界技术并购且主并企业位于东部地区的技术并购事件中,上述关系更加显著。结论可丰富企业生产链位置研究,为处于不同生产链位置的高技术企业通过技术并购提高创新能力,实现高质量发展提供参考。     

跨国并购与新建投资--作为跨国企业进入方式选择理论的最新进展及一个模型分析

跨国公司进入东道国面临两种进入方式的选择:并购进入和新建投资进入,本文展现了这一研究领域的最新进展,回顾和分析了跨国公司选择并购进入方式的各种考虑因素.本文提出了一个企业国外进入方式选择的简单模型,研究在何种情况下外国公司优先选择并购方式以及在何种情况下外国公司选要择新建投资的问题.     

Is attack the best form of defence? A competing risks analysis of acquisition activity in the UK

The primary purpose of this paper is to investigate whethercompanies can use acquisition as a strategy to reduce theirlikelihood of take-over. The determinants of making an acquisitionand being taken over are modelled for the first time withina competing risks framework using two large samples of UK manufacturingcompanies which together cover most of the post-World War IIperiod up to 1990. Our results indicate that, ceteris paribus,companies which make acquisitions can significantly reduce theirconditional probability of being taken over by around one-third,largely through the impact that acquisition has on corporatesize. In this sense, attack, through acquisition, is the bestform of defence against take-over.     

Scale Economies in Cross-Border Shopping and Commodity Taxation

A simple inventory theoretic model of cross-border shopping with transaction and storage costs is developed. Consumers incur fixed transaction and transportation costs to access the foreign market in which a perfect substitute of the domestic good is available. We show that the size of the optimal tax is inversely related to the size of domestic transactions. This result provides a simple example of a more general principle, that is, when there are increasing returns to scale in tax avoidance with respect to the quantities involved, then smaller transactions should be taxed more heavily than larger transactions. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

企业兼并重组中企业文化的整合研究

兼并重组已成为企业在经济全球化竞争中获取优势的重要战略。但企业兼并过程之后往往存在诸多问题,尤其以企业文化方面的融合最为突出。本文从企业兼并重组后可供选择的四种企业文化整合模式出发,研究了影响企业文化整合模式选择的因素及企业兼并重组过程中要注意的由于企业文化的差异所带来的成本问题,最后提出了企业兼并重组中企业文化整合的一些原则。