Imperfections in the Market for Intangible Assets Can Also Play

question 41

Multiple Choice

Imperfections in the market for intangible assets can also play a major role in motivating firms to undertake cross-border acquisitions.According to the internalization theory,

• A)cross-border acquisitions may also be motivated by the acquirer's desire to acquire and internalize the target firm's intangible assets.
• B)a firm with intangible assets that have a public good property such as technical and managerial know-how may acquire foreign firms as a platform for using its special assets on a larger scale and,at the same time,avoid the misappropriation that may occur while transacting in foreign markets through a market mechanism.
• C)the internalization,thus,may proceed forward to internalize the acquirer's assets,or backward to internalize the target's assets.
• D)all of the options

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