Employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms
We examine the impact of the cross‐border acquisitions made by firms from emerging markets on employee productivity and employment growth. The literature suggests that cross‐border acquisitions enable emerging market firms to obtain new skills and knowledge‐intensive assets, which, in turn, may incr...
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| author | Ataullah, Ali Le, Hang Sahota, Amandeep S. |
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| description | We examine the impact of the cross‐border acquisitions made by firms from emerging markets on employee productivity and employment growth. The literature suggests that cross‐border acquisitions enable emerging market firms to obtain new skills and knowledge‐intensive assets, which, in turn, may increase productivity. However, our empirical analysis suggests that cross‐border acquisitions reduce employee productivity and have a limited impact on employment growth. Moreover, we find that cross‐border acquisitions in less‐developed countries and in culturally distinct countries reduce productivity. Overall, our findings cast doubt on the idea that cross‐border acquisitions enable emerging market firms to improve the productivity of one of their most important resources—namely, their human capital. |
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| spelling | nottingham-506652020-05-04T20:12:16Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50665/ Employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms Ataullah, Ali Le, Hang Sahota, Amandeep S. We examine the impact of the cross‐border acquisitions made by firms from emerging markets on employee productivity and employment growth. The literature suggests that cross‐border acquisitions enable emerging market firms to obtain new skills and knowledge‐intensive assets, which, in turn, may increase productivity. However, our empirical analysis suggests that cross‐border acquisitions reduce employee productivity and have a limited impact on employment growth. Moreover, we find that cross‐border acquisitions in less‐developed countries and in culturally distinct countries reduce productivity. Overall, our findings cast doubt on the idea that cross‐border acquisitions enable emerging market firms to improve the productivity of one of their most important resources—namely, their human capital. Wiley 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed Ataullah, Ali, Le, Hang and Sahota, Amandeep S. (2014) Employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms. Human Resource Management, 53 (6). pp. 987-1004. ISSN 1099-050X cross‐border acquisitions; employee productivity; employment; culture distance https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hrm.21619 doi:10.1002/hrm.21619 doi:10.1002/hrm.21619 |
| spellingShingle | cross‐border acquisitions; employee productivity; employment; culture distance Ataullah, Ali Le, Hang Sahota, Amandeep S. Employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms |
| title | Employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms |
| title_full | Employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms |
| title_fullStr | Employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms |
| title_short | Employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms |
| title_sort | employee productivity, employment growth, and the cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms |
| topic | cross‐border acquisitions; employee productivity; employment; culture distance |
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