The purpose of this study is to find reasonable explanations why cross-border acquisitions of foreign firms are often the preferred strategy to enter new markets. Furthermore, we formalize the choice of market entry strategy for an individual multinational enterprise (MNE) from a dynamic...

The purpose of this study is to formalize the choice of market entry strategy for an individual multinational enterprise (MNE) from a dynamic perspective. It is argued that incorporating a suitable treatment of irreversibility, uncertainty and flexibility related to a MNEs investment decision...

In the course of requests for more dynamic models that illustrate foreign direct investment decisions, the subsequent model offers a contribution to the theoretical modelling of this issue. However, conclusions about the timing are only possible to a limited extent, since options rights are of a...

The application of theorectical option pricing evaluation procedures for the analysis of real investment decisions indicates a new trend in the classical theory of investment and finance. In this regard, the formative term of the real option approach subsumes three basic attributes of investment...

Up to date any kind of hedge fund was legally forbidden in Germany. Likewise, the public distribution of shares in foreign hedge funds was prohibited within the framework of the so called 'Auslandsinvestitionsgesetz' (AuslInvestmG). In March 2004, it was 'DWS Investment' (the investment company...

Assymetric information associated with issues of transparency, governance and the country's financial, economic and political organization make it difficult to price bonds issued by sovereign entities. Where asymmetric information and corporate debt are concerned, the literature suggests that...

This paper studies some properties of stochastic dominance (SD) for risk-averse and risk-seeking investors, especially for the third order SD (TSD). We call the former ascending stochastic dominance (ASD) and the latter descending stochastic dominance(DSD). We first discuss the basic property of...

Investor behavior towards risk lies at the heart of economic decision making in general and modern investment theory and practice in particular. This paper uses both the mean-variance (MV) criterion and stochastic dominance (SD) procedures to analyze the preferences for four of the most widely...

Investor behavior towards risk lies at the heart of economic decision making in general and modern investment theory and practice in particular. This paper uses both the mean-variance (MV) criterion and stochastic dominance (SD) procedures to analyze the preferences for four of the most widely...

This paper presents some interesting new properties of third order stochastic dominance (TSD) for risk-averse and risk-seeking investors. We show that the means of the assets being compared should be included in the definition of TSD for both investor types. We also derive the conditions on the...