In an organized and organic way, this book covers all the possible theoretical and empirical facets of delisting, adding to the well-developed literature on IPOs. IPO and delisting are strictly related; the reasons for delisting may be found in the loss of the incentives that drove the firm to the...

This study provides evidence of the value creation of different equity entry modes in a sample of international investments performed by all Italian medium-sized listed firms in the period 1986-2006. Our research shows a positive and significant market reaction to announcements of...

Overview of the series and of the first volume -- Part I: Defining and understanding strategic management -- 1. What is strategy? -- 2. The source of the company’s wealth -- 3. The importance (and usefulness) of modeling -- 4. A simplified conceptual model -- 5. The S-shaped curve and the...

1 Introduction to the second volume -- 2 Business strategy: Formulation, development and control -- 3 Corporate strategy: diversification and management of multiple SBUs -- 4 Organization, ownership and collaboration strategies -- 5 Financial performance and sustainability of strategy.