The School of Business and the Institute for Research on Economic Sciences of the University of Costa Rica, hereby present the most important results of the first phase of an exploratory work about the conditions affecting the dynamics of the selling of local capital companies to foreign...

Many firms will undertake acquisitions when this is the most profitable means of enhancing capacity; obtaining new knowlwdge or skills; entering new product lines or geographic areas; or reallocating assets into the control of the most effective managers/owners (Pautler 2001). In addition to...

Considering the last 2 calendar years, the M&A Market in CEE Region is very active. The M&A market measured by volume of transactions almost doubled year-on-year and trend is expected to continue in following months. This is based on few large transactions completed very recently. But on the...

Considering the last 2 calendar years, the M&A Market in CEE Region is very active. The M&A market measured by volume of transactions almost doubled year-on-year and trend is expected to continue in following months. This is based on few large transactions completed very recently. But on the...

Revenue enhancement and value creation are core issues of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Revenue enhancing synergy associated with cross-industry M&A is supported by Asian emerging markets. Both within-industry M&A and cross-industry M&A deals realise significant positive abnormal returns. The...