The impact of Joint Venture announcements on the market value of UK listed companies is examined. Based on a sample of 158 announcements of either joint venture formation or joint venture activities, significant positive market-adjusted abnormal returns of 0.5% on the announcement date are...

The announcement of product and market diversification projects lead to significant abnormal returns of 1.1%. However, the gains are higher for new products than for new markets, and for companies with high price-earnings ratios and low (or zero) dividend yields.

Using a sample of 186 referrals between 1965 and 2006, we analyse the abnormal returns experienced by UK bidding companies when a decision is made by UK regulators to refer a merger or acquisition for inquiry and when the decision is published by the regulator. We find evidence of disagreement...

Although the impact of growth opportunities on company value has been recognized since Miller and Modigliani (1961), relatively little empirical work has been undertaken to value growth opportunities. In this study the validity of the KBM model (Kester (1984) and Brealey and Myers (1981)) is...