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An empirical investigation of the effects of concentration on profitability among US banks
Fiona, Tregenna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper analyses the effects of concentration on profitability in the US banking sector from 1994-2005, using bank-level panel data. A new index of concentration is proposed, which reflects the depth and intensity of concentration. The econometric specification facilitates the simultaneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835748
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L'Evolution des Marchés Boursiers Européens: Enjeux et limites
Ben Slimane, FATEN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper analyzes the recent development of the European stock exchanges by stressing the disparities which exist between them. Within the framework of a progressive financial integration, several of these institutions, in particular of Eastern Europe and Central Europe are likely to be badly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621491
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A Practical Guide to the Assessment of the Vulnerability of the Non-Financial Private Sector
Mario, Cuevas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The paper proposes a practical guide to the evaluation of the financial and non-financial vulnerability of the private sector (excluding financial entities). It describes step by step the sequence of issues that should be examined to assess the level of vulnerability of the private sector,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787090
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Acquisitions, Divestitures and Innovation Performance in the Netherlands
Van Beers, Cees; Dekker, Ronald - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This aim of this paper is twofold. First it examines the determinants of acquisitions and divestitures of Dutch firms … in the period 1996-2004. Second, it investigates the impact of acquisitions and divestitures on the firm’s innovative … involved in acquisition activities than non-innovating firms, which suggests that acquisitions are a strategy to gain access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787147
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Mergers & Acquisitions: A snapshot of a SPECIAL pre and post M&A process.
Jones, Kevin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Imagine that you have reached the pinnacle of your career, and you are sitting in the driver’s seat of a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Business is good, sales are up, and the stock market responds to your company’s performance. In such circumstances, a chief executive officer (CEO) may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008549644
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Mergers and Acquisitions in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Nature, Structure and Performance
Beena, S - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
the form of mergers and acquisitions followed by the firms in the Indian pharmaceutical industry. The study found that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005620025
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Open Offers and Shareholders Earnings – Evidence from India
Nangia, Vinay Kumar; Agrawal, Rajat; Reddy, K. Srinivasa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Purpose: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have become a popular vehicle for domestic as well as international companies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107682
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Sold below value? Why some targets accept very low and even negative takeover premiums.
Weitzel, Utz; Kling, Gerhard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In our sample of 1,937 US mergers (1995 to 2011), 8.4 percent of all targets received oers with negative premiums where the initial bid undercuts the pre-announcement market price. We theoretically show that target overvaluation, market liquidity and `hidden earnouts', where target shareholders...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110570
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International Co-Operative Agreements in Hungary in the Mid-1990s : Evolution, Organisational Forms and Industry Characteristics
Havas, Attila - 2015
As the legislation on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Hungary has been probably the most liberal in Central and Eastern Europe since the mid-1980s, FDI is the primary form chosen by Western firms to enter the Hungarian market. The major channels of FDI include the privatisation of former...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010036
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COMPETITIVENESS OF THE PORT OF SINES: THE RBV CONTRIBUTION
Azevedo, Susana; Ferreira, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the competitiveness of the main maritime Port sited in Portugal - Port of Sines. This paper is developed under the Resource-based view approach. A literature review about the Resource-based view is presented with a special highlight on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267852