Modeling the Dynamics of International Business Law and Cross-Border M&A Outcomes
Journal of Digital Business and International Marketing
Received On : 02 January 2026
Revised On : 28 February 2026
Accepted On : 10 March 2026
Published On : 05 April 2026
Volume 02, Issue 02, 2026
Pages : 115-127
Abstract
This study proposes a long-term analytical and statistical framework to investigate the relative role of global business law development in international M&A performance. Nonlinear and fractional-order models employed harmonized global datasets from 2020 to 2025 that combine deal activity, compliance intensity, compliance enforcement dynamics, incidence of dispute, investor confidence and macro-risk indicators. Findings indicate that there has been consistent increase in the volume of transactions, high regulatory expenses, successful reduction of systemic risks, and enhanced success chances as a result of increased compliance and enforcement credibility. The data confirm that institutional deepening and not financial scale is the major factor that leads to successful results with correlation, regression, and entropy-adjusted validation providing a single quantitative-legal explanation to the international effectiveness of M&A in the modern world.
Keywords
International Mergers and Acquisitions, Global Business Law, Regulatory Adherence, Nonlinear Modeling, Institutional Enforcement, Investment Risk Dynamics.
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Conceptualization: Mwamba Mwila and Li Wei; Methodology: Mwamba Mwila; Data Curation: Li Wei; Writing- Original Draft Preparation: Li Wei; Visualization: Mwamba Mwila and Li Wei; Investigation: Mwamba Mwila and Li Wei; Supervision: Mwamba Mwila; Validation: Mwamba Mwila and Li Wei; Writing- Reviewing and Editing: Mwamba Mwila and Li Wei. All authors reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Mwamba Mwila and Li Wei, “Modeling the Dynamics of International Business Law and Cross-Border M&A Outcomes”, Journal of Digital Business and International Marketing, vol.2, no.2, pp. 115-127, April 2026, doi: 10.64026/JDBIM/2026012.