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Distressed Acquisitions : Evidence from European Emerging Markets
Iwasaki, Ichirō; Kočenda, Evžen; Shida, Yoshisada - 2021
We analyze factors behind 23,213 distressed acquisitions in European emerging markets from 2007–2019. Besides the impact of financial ratios, legal form, ownership structure, firm size, and age, we emphasize the role of institutions and channels of their propagation. We show that the quality...
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Mergers in the Digital Economy
Gautier, Axel - 2020
Over the period 2015-2017, the five giant technologically leading firms, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft (GAFAM) acquired 175 companies, from small start-ups to billion dollar deals. By investigating this intense M&A, this paper ambitions a better understanding of the Big Five's...
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Corporate Acquisitions and Firm-Level Uncertainty : Domestic versus Cross-Border Deals
Bai, Ye - 2020
-level uncertainty is characterized by a pecking order: the announcement of a domestic takeover leads to a reduction in the uncertainty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841927
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Multiproduct Mergers and the Product Mix in Domestic and Foreign Markets
Chan, Jackie M.L; Irlacher, Michael; Koch, Michael - 2022
post-merger efficiency improvements to reveal a new margin of adjustment along the product dimension. We analyze horizontal … between differentiated varieties. After a merger, acquirers drop products from their consolidated domestic product portfolio … and reallocate assets towards core varieties. We further demonstrate that such merger-induced efficiency gains imply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013290783
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The Effect of Mergers on Variety in Grocery Retailing
Argentesi, Elena; Cervone, Roberto; Duso, Tomaso; … - 2021
We study the effect of a merger between two Dutch supermarket chains to assess its effect on the depth as well as … composition of assortment. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits local variation in the merger’s effects …, controlling for selection on observables through a matching procedure when defining our control group. We show that the merger led …
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Merger Policy in Digital Markets : An Ex-Post Assessment
Argentesi, Elena - 2020
This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in the digital sector. We first … theories of harm in major merger cases in the past few years. We then analyse the characteristics of almost 300 acquisitions … important merger cases, Facebook/Instagram and Google/Waze, providing a systematic assessment of the theories of harm considered …
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Unlocking the value of cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Brakman, Steven; Garita, Gus; Garretsen, Harry; van … - 2008
Most FDI takes place between the developed countries, which suggests that the market-seeking motive is important for understanding FDI. However, given the stylized fact that trade barriers (e.g. transportation costs and financial barriers) have declined over the past 20 years, models that aim to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275800
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Multiproduct Mergers and the Product Mix in Domestic and Foreign Markets
Chan, Jackie M.L.; Irlacher, Michael; Koch, Michael - 2022
post-merger efficiency improvements to reveal a new margin of adjustment along the product dimension. We analyze horizontal … between differentiated varieties. After a merger, acquirers drop products from their consolidated domestic product portfolio … and reallocate assets towards core varieties. We further demonstrate that such merger-induced efficiency gains imply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266687
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Do entrepreneurs matter?
Becker, Sascha O.; Hvide, Hans K. - 2013
In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291523
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Growing like China : firm performance and global production line position
Chor, Davin; Manova, Kalina; Yu, Zhihong - 2020 - Version of August, 2020
Global value chains have fundamentally transformed international trade and development in recent decades. We use matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese firms position themselves in global production lines and...
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