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Collaboration with Mahidol University

Finance-Specific Determinants of Mergers and Acquisitions-Type FDI: Firm -Level Analysis for Thailand


This study explores the finance-specific factors (using a new dataset) that help domestic companies operating in Thailand receive foreign direct investment (FDI) related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In line with our previous joint work, the role of intangible assets is found to be the key to realizing a fair distribution of M&A type FDI in Thailand.


[Month of publication] February 2024

[Publisher]Kim Dong-Yeob

[Authors] Benjalux Sakunasingha(Mahidol University)

      Hikari Ishido (Chiba University)

      Licheng Liang (Keio University)

[Full paper]here Page numbers are on p.311-326


Exploring Finance-Driven Factors Influencing M&A Type of Foreign Direct Investment: A Firm-Level Investigation of the Thai Business Landscape


A paper by Professor Hikari Ishido and our international collaborator on this project, Assistant Professor Benjalax Saknasinga of Mahidol University, has been published. This study explores the finance-specific factors that help domestic companies operating in Thailand receive foreign direct investment (FDI) related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A).The role of intangible assets is found to be the key to realizing a fair distribution of M&A type FDI in Thailand.


[Date of publication] December 2023

[Publisher] ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

[Authors] Benjalux Sakunasingha(Mahidol University)

      Hikari Ishido (Chiba University)

      Licheng Liang (Keio University)

[Abstract]here


Whither regional integrations:Comparison of ASEAN and EU from Philosophical and Politico-Economic Perspectives

This is a transcript of the seminar on “Whither regional integrations: Comparison of ASEAN and EU from Philosophical and Politico-Economic Perspectives”,organized by Chiba University on 8 Feburuary, 2021.

This report is an edited and revised version of the seminar "The Corona Disaster and the Future of Global Social Justice"(held online on Monday, February 8, 2021) organaized by Chiba University.

[Date]8 Feburuary,2021

[Moderator]Prof. Hikari Ishido (Chiba University)

[Panelist]Asst. Prof. Dr. Gerald Moshammer (Mahidol University International College)

      Dr. Natanaree Posrithong (Mahidol University International College)

      Assoc. Prof. Takayuki Kawase (Chiba University)
     
      Prof. Jiro Mizushima (Chiba University)

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After the Pandemic: Towards a New Fair Society

This is a research essay based on the transcript of the seminar "After the Pandemic: Towards a New Fair Society."

This report is an edited and revised version of a seminar entitled "After the Pandemic: Towards a New Fair Society" (held online on Wednesday, February 16, 2022) organized by Chiba University.

[Date]16 Feburuary,2022

[Moderator]Prof. Hikari Ishido (Chiba University)

[Speaker]Asst. Prof. Dr. Gerald Moshammer (Mahidol University International College)

      Dr. Natanaree Posrithong (Mahidol University International College)

[Panelist]Prof.Jiro Mizushima (Chiba University)

      Prof.Masayuki Kobayashi (Chiba University)

      Assoc. Prof. Takayuki Kawase (Chiba University)
     

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Financing Choices for Technological Upgrading:
Evidence from Interviews with Thai Firms


This research investigates the significance of technological innovation for Thailand’s industrial development through equity participation in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI).


A paper by Professor Hikari Ishido and our international collaborator on this project, Assistant Professor Benjalax Saknasinga of Mahidol University, has been published. Using Thailand as a case study, the paper studies the productivity gap between firms and technological innovation brought about by the introduction of foreign capital, and provides suggestions for the direction of global economic recovery after the Corona disaster.

[Date of publication] April 2022

[Publisher]ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

[Authors]Hikari Ishido (Chiba University)

      Benjalux Sakunasingha(Mahidol University)

      Licheng Liang (Keio University)

[Abstract]here

Wellbeing-related

Systems Informed Positive Psychology and Communitarianism

This is a transcript of the seminar on “Systems Informed Positive Psychology and Communitarianism”, organized by Chiba University and held at Tokyo Institute of Technology on 5 December, 2019. The figures contained in this essay are taken from the slides used in the speakers’ presentation material.

This report is presented at the seminar "Positive Psychology and Politics: with a Cue from Communitarianism" hosted by Chiba University (Thursday, December 5, 2019, 1-5 pm, Multipurpose Room 1, Campus Innovation Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology). This is an edited and revised version of the seminar held with the following two researchers as invited speakers.


[Speaker]Professor Lindsay G.Oades PhD,MBA Director (University of Melbourne)

      Dr.Aaron Jarden (University of Melbourne)

[Contents]Section1:"System Informed Positive Psychology" (by Lindsay Oades)

      Section2:"Various Projects of Well-being and Ethical Guidelines" (by Aaron Jarden)

      Section3:"Reformulation of Communitarianism and Social Systems Theory
as a Systems Informed Positive Psychology" (by Masaya Kobayashi)

      Appendix:An examination,from development economics,of the linkage between subjective well-being
and sustainable development goals as objective indicators (by Hikari Ishido)

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