Geography & Environment Publications
Foreign Direct Investment: A Canadian Dimension
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2001
Volume
5
Issue
2
Journal
Geographical and Environmental Modelling
First Page
147
Last Page
158
URL with Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13615930120086050
Abstract
This paper examines the spatial manifestations of foreign direct investment (FDI) coming into Canada via international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, for the years 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991. Unlike domestic M&A, however, when international M&A occur, they are employed as a vehicle for FDI. Consequently, the M&A and FDI literature are visited and elaborated. Based on five international Poisson regression merger causal models, the attractiveness of Canada as a M&A target are categorized under three factors: financial/economic, corporate infrastructure and trade factors.
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