Three threats : an analytical framework for the CFIUS process / / Theodore H. Moran

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816125303321
• Autore: Moran Theodore H. <1943->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, c2009
• ISBN: 0-88132-520-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (80 p.)
• Collana: Policy analyses in international economics ; ; 89
• Classificazione: 83.44
• Disciplina: 332.67/30973
• Soggetti: Investments, Foreign - United States; National security - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "July 2009."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch 1: Introduction -- Analytical Tools for Evaluating the Three Threats -- Coverage of the Three Threats in Language of CFIUS Legislation -- Structure of the Analysis -- Ch 2: Threat I: Denial of Goods or Services by a Foreign-Controlled Supplier -- Early Illustrative Cases: 1982-91 -- Critical Is Not Enough: The Case of a Russian Oligarch Acquiring Oregon Steel -- Analytical Lessons Learned -- Ch 3: Threat II: Leakage of Technology or Expertise to a Foreign-Controlled Entity -- Proposed Acquisition of LTV Missile Business by Thomson-CSF -- Lenovo's Acquisition of IBM's PC Business -- Combining Threats I and II in a Controversial Case: CNOOC's Proposed Acquisition of Unocal -- Ch 4: Threat III: Foreign Acquisitions as a Channel for Infiltration, Surveillance, and Sabotage -- The Dubai Ports World Controversy -- Investigating the Interrelationships between the Three Threats -- Ch 5: Implications for CFIUS Strategy: Separating Easy Decisions from Hard Judgments -- Adapting Antitrust Theory: The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index -- Strategic Trade Theory -- The Scope of CFIUS: Defining the Terms -- Remediation -- Appendix A: CFIUS Covered Transactions, 2005-07 -- References -- Index.