Author/Authors :
KULALI, Gülşah Anadolu Üniversitesi - İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - İşletme Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
THE DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP IN DIRECT INVESTMENTS: CASES OF TURKEY AND GERMANY
Abstract :
The aim of this study is to find answers to the following research questions: which business-life and firm-unique factors have influences over foreign ownership concentration of inward FDI’s to Turkey as a developing country, and to Germany as a developed country? Multiple linear regression analysis method is used in this study. There are ten approaches about building ownership strategy in theoretical literature. Results of this research are as follows: “transaction cost approach” is valid for explaining foreign ownership concentration for both countries. Other than that, “bargaining power approach” is applicable to explain foreign ownership concentration of investments to Turkey, whereas “organizational competences approach” is applicable to explain foreign ownership concentration of investments to Germany.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
International Investment Decisions , Ownership Structure , Corporate Governance.
JournalTitle :
dokuz eylul university the journal of graduate school of social sciences
