This paper develops a new scoring methodology to determine a country's capability to develop and sustain mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity on the basis of publicly available and continuously updated information. The study computes a theoretically grounded maturity index for M&A purposes...

While economic factors have been found to explain foreign direct investments (FDI), there is still some ambiguity regarding the decisions on the choice of destination by multinational companies. Studies find considerable evidence to suggest that distance, physical, institutional, and cultural...