We show that minority acquisitions are more common for targets in countries with worse information environments. The … experience. Minority acquisitions can also be a ‘stepping stone' to a controlling acquisition, especially in countries with worse … that bidders use minority acquisitions when they confront informational barriers. The findings are robust to endogeneity …

environment where heterogeneous agents from various minority groups choose whether to acquire a majority language fully, partially …

The study investigates the role of minority equity purchases on the innovation activities of the US firms. We provide … evidence of an increased innovation activity following minority equity purchases targeting firms with a small size patent … portfolio prior to acquisition. Using a hand collected data we show that the positive effect of minority equity purchases is …