Foreign ownership and profitability: Property rights, control, and the performance of firms in Indian industry

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作者
Chhibber, PK [1 ]
Majumdar, SK
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[1] Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, London SW7 2AZ, England
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10.1086/467423
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F [经济];
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This study examines the influence of foreign ownership on the performance of firms operating in India, Foreign ownership is categorized according to the control exercisable at different levels of ownership. These categories are, in turn, determined by the institutional structure of the Indian environment that helps define the property rights accruing at different levels of ownership. Firms' performance is measured as return on sales and return on assets. The results show that, after controlling for a variety of firm and environment-specific factors, only when property rights devolve to foreign owners, at ownership levels providing unambiguous control at 51 percent, do firms in which there is foreign ownership display relatively superior performance.
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