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This study examines the principal locational motives of cross-border mergers and acquisitions CBMA by South African firms for the 1990–2014 period. The role of inter-country cultural and economic linkages is also studied.

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How firms from emerging markets such as South Africa choose locations for their investments? What are their prime motives to invest? Do institutional quality and cultural affinity matter in locations choice? This article answers these questions.

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How firms from emerging markets such as South Africa choose locations for their investments? What are their prime motives to invest? Do institutional quality and cultural affinity matter in locations choice? This article answers these questions.

Dr Amar I Anwar
Cape Breton University

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This page is a summary of: Out of Africa? Locational determinants of South African cross-border mergers and acquisitions, Applied Economics, December 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1257211.
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