Formen und Bedeutung von M&A -- Konsolidierungs- und M&A-Wellen -- Finanzanalysten und Strategiebildung von Unternehmen -- Auswirkungen der Analystenbewertungen auf dem Kapitalmarkt -- Empirische Untersuchungen zur Existenz von Konsolidierungswellen und Prognoseverhalten von Analysten.

Introduction -- Modified Fama-French Factors for REITs and the Impact of Short Selling -- Impacts of the Covid-19 Crisis on US Real Estate Investments: A Sectoral Performance and Spillover Analysis -- ESG Stocks in Times of Crisis: Evidence from US REITs During Covid-19 -- Summary and Conclusion...

Introduction -- Agents and brokers in the insurance industry : an intriguing area for further research -- Valuation of small and medium-sized insurance brokers : establishing a valuation approach for business succession -- Value creation in insurance intermediary mergers and acquisitions : an...

This dissertation examines the profitability and management of public US corporations since the 1950s. I argue that a shift in their ability to turn a profit helps us understand why today’s corporations are run more as portfolios of assets than as organic wholes. Even while aggregate corporate...