The valuation of synergy is vital to the success of any merger, however, given current valuation methodologies and the … complexity of the task; it is also the most challenging element of merger and acquisition pricing. Conventional valuation methods … elements and relations. If such a delicate system is segmented due to a merger, the outcome measured in turnover and profit …

In this study, we examine unsuccessful takeover attempts for new evidence on whether mergers create or destroy value … literature on signaling by investigating whether a takeover attempt signals investors about the quality of firm management as … partially, but not completely, reversed by termination announcement returns, evidence that the merger proposal itself contains …