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The financial analysis of foreign investment decisions by large UK-based companies

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  • Pascal Langevin

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

  • Adrian Buckley
  • Peter J.S. Buckley
  • Ka Lun Tse

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Various studies of international investment appraisal practices of US-based multinationals suggest that they largely fail to conform to theoretical ideas on project screening and fall short of those used for domestic projects. The findings of these American investigations are summarized. The survey that is the focus of this paper relates to international investment project appraisal practices of large UK companies. It is a unique study in the sense that it is the first British investigation of international capital appraisal procedures which applies statistical analysis to its results. Broadly, the findings are not dissimilar to those relating to US multinationals' practices. Particularly interesting is the finding that 22% of respondents use payback and/or accounting rate of return as their sole primary decision criterion. This reinforces the continuing need for a better conceptual framework for international investment appraisal.

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  • Pascal Langevin & Adrian Buckley & Peter J.S. Buckley & Ka Lun Tse, 1996. "The financial analysis of foreign investment decisions by large UK-based companies," Post-Print hal-02312479, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02312479
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    1. Riya Sureka & Satish Kumar & Deepraj Mukherjee & Christina Theodoraki, 2023. "What restricts SMEs from adopting sophisticated capital budgeting practices?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 60(1), pages 265-290, January.
    2. Buckley, Adrian & Eijgenhuijsen, Hans, 1997. "A conceptual framework for evaluating foreign investments," Serie Research Memoranda 0008, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.
    3. Sureka, Riya & Kumar, Satish & Colombage, Sisira & Abedin, Mohammad Zoynul, 2022. "Five decades of research on capital budgeting – A systematic review and future research agenda," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).

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