Volume 4, No. 1, April 2005
Do Multinational Operations Influence Firm Value? Evidence from the Triad Regions


Brett Olsen
College of Business, University of Missouri at Columbia, U.S.A.


B. Elango*
College of Business, Illinois State University, U.S.A.


Abstract


This paper examines the effect of multinational operations on firm value using a sample of firms from the three triad regions of the world. Using the Transnational Index (reported by the United Nations), a newer measure of multinational operations, this study helps explain some of the conflicting findings reported in the literature and highlights the importance of location of the firm as a factor in influencing the premium or discount in firm value due to multinational operations.


Key words : multinational operations; firm value; transnational index
JEL classification : F23

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