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Article: A real options perspective on sequential acquisitions in China

TitleA real options perspective on sequential acquisitions in China
Authors
KeywordsChina
Diversification
Private firms
Real options
Sequential acquisition
Toehold
Issue Date2010
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/index.html
Citation
Journal Of International Business Studies, 2010, v. 41 n. 1, p. 166-174 How to Cite?
AbstractWe examine how firms in an emerging market address their information disadvantage in takeovers. One strategy is to complete the acquisition sequentially rather than as a one-time deal. In contrast to firms in developed economies that enjoy relatively easy access to information, emerging-market firms face differential access to information on target firms, owing to institutional weaknesses and constraints in those markets. Sequential acquisitions are conceptualized as a real-option-based strategy, whereby the sequential acquirer resolves valuation uncertainty through information gathering and learning after making a toehold purchase. The value of a sequential acquisition strategy increases for firms that are at an information disadvantage. Statistical analysis, based on 272 completed acquisitions of Chinese listed firms between 1995 and 2003, shows that the sequential method is more likely to be chosen over a single-transaction mode when the acquirer is a private firm, or when the acquirer is diversifying into a new business area. Thus we offer a new way of viewing real option strategies in emerging economies, by treating sequential acquisitions as information and learning mechanisms as opposed to tools for hedging. © 2010 Academy of International Business.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/60203
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2023 Impact Factor: 8.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 4.600
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dc.contributor.authorZhou, Cen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPhan, PHen_HK
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dc.date.available2010-05-31T04:05:50Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of International Business Studies, 2010, v. 41 n. 1, p. 166-174en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0047-2506en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/60203-
dc.description.abstractWe examine how firms in an emerging market address their information disadvantage in takeovers. One strategy is to complete the acquisition sequentially rather than as a one-time deal. In contrast to firms in developed economies that enjoy relatively easy access to information, emerging-market firms face differential access to information on target firms, owing to institutional weaknesses and constraints in those markets. Sequential acquisitions are conceptualized as a real-option-based strategy, whereby the sequential acquirer resolves valuation uncertainty through information gathering and learning after making a toehold purchase. The value of a sequential acquisition strategy increases for firms that are at an information disadvantage. Statistical analysis, based on 272 completed acquisitions of Chinese listed firms between 1995 and 2003, shows that the sequential method is more likely to be chosen over a single-transaction mode when the acquirer is a private firm, or when the acquirer is diversifying into a new business area. Thus we offer a new way of viewing real option strategies in emerging economies, by treating sequential acquisitions as information and learning mechanisms as opposed to tools for hedging. © 2010 Academy of International Business.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/index.htmlen_HK
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dc.rightsJournal of International Business Studies. Copyright © Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.en_HK
dc.subjectChinaen_HK
dc.subjectDiversificationen_HK
dc.subjectPrivate firmsen_HK
dc.subjectReal optionsen_HK
dc.subjectSequential acquisitionen_HK
dc.subjectToeholden_HK
dc.titleA real options perspective on sequential acquisitions in Chinaen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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