...Nuno Rosa Reis; João Carvalho Santos; Manuel Portugal Ferreira; Youmna Bouzamel Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of generalized and arbitrary institutional inefficiencies on firms’ ownership strategy in cross-border acquisitions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region...

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..., a further sub-sample analysis is conducted based on the target location (domestic and cross-border), development status (developed and emerging) and the acquired ownership stakes (majority and minority). Design/methodology/approach The final sample of the study includes 7,105 deals announced between...

... consider a board comprising members with multiple directorships who can bring wider knowledge and expertise which can reduce the perceived threat to socioemotional wealth (SEW) and alleviate their aversion toward M&A. Originality/value Ownership concentration in family firms posits a unique...

... a stronger supportive effect on the count of M&A deals. Considering firm ownership, the study’s results reveal that announcements of coercive policies have a weaker effect on cross-border M&A for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) than that for private-owned enterprises (POEs). For local SOEs (LSOEs...