This study analyses the impact of liberalization on market structure and pricing in the Greek telecommunication market from 1992 to 2005. The data refers to 44 of the most prominent companies of fixed telephony, mobile telephony and internet services and was compiled by means of interviews with...

This study tests the 'Market for Corporate Control' hypothesis in a small open economy. The results appear to favour rejection of this hypothesis indicating that acquisitions have not been driven by managerial-disciplinary motives. Moreover, it is found that a logit model outperforms other...

This is one of the first studies which systematically investigate whether specific characteristics of foreign affiliates that reflect their MNE investment motivations prolong or undermine affiliate survivorship when the host country becomes member of a regional economic union. Using a unique...

In recent years, cross-border acquisitions have been placed in the centre of the present research agenda on Transnational Corporations (TNCs). In this context an important issue is the comparison between cross-border acquisitions and Greenfield investments. Another issue is the comparison...

<title>Abstract</title>This paper explores whether and how environmental dynamics can affect foreign and domestic survival. Utilizing a unique longitudinal data set with 420 manufacturing plants created in the protected developing Greek economy (1960-1980), we test these plants' ability to survive in the new,...

This study examines whether auditor reporting in Greece is associated with different levels of discretionary accruals -- a common proxy for earnings management. We focus our research on 91 cases of quoted companies on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). These are listed companies that were asked in...