Location Strategies and Value Creation of International Mergers and Acquisitions.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- General Introduction -- PART 1: Location and Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. Characteristics and Location of Mergers and Acquisitions -- 1.1. Modes of conduct of mergers and acquisitions -- 1.1.1. The characteristics of mergers and acquisitions -- 1.1.2. Mergers and acquisitions as modes of entry on foreign markets -- 1.2. International development by means of mergers and acquisitions -- 1.2.1. Geographic distance and economic growth -- 1.2.2. Quality of institutions and cultural differences -- 1.3. Conclusion -- 2. Analysis of the Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions -- 2.1. Theoretical perspectives -- 2.1.1. The perspective of industrial economy -- 2.1.2. The perspectives of informational efficiency and organizational finance -- 2.2. Performance of mergers and acquisitions -- 2.2.1. Measuring the performance of mergers and acquisitions -- 2.2.2. Value creation factors -- 2.3. Conclusion -- Conclusion to Part 1 -- PART 2: Methodology of the Empirical Study -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 3. Research Methodology -- 3.1. Methodological choices -- 3.1.1. Epistemological stance -- 3.1.2. Event studies -- 3.2. Statistical analysis -- 3.2.1. Simple and multiple linear regressions -- 3.2.2. Logistic regressions -- 3.3. Conclusion -- 4. Presentation of the Empirical Study -- 4.1. The constitution of the sample -- 4.1.1. The selection of the sample contents -- 4.1.2. Data collection -- 4.2. Descriptive analysis of the sample -- 4.2.1. The main sample -- 4.2.2. A focus on "clustered" announcements -- 4.3. Conclusion -- Conclusion to Part 2 -- PART 3: Location and Value Creation of Mergers and Acquisitions by French Acquirers -- Introduction to Part 3 -- 5. Determinants of Location of Mergers and Acquisitions.