This book upturns many established ideas regarding the economic and social history of Quebec, the Canadian province that is home to the majority of its French population. It places the case of Quebec into the wider question of convergence in economic history and whether proactive governments...

This open access book provides answers to key open questions concerning competition policy in emerging economies, with a focus on South Eastern Europe. The contributions address two major issues. One is the design of competition policy and the national competition authorities that enforce it,...

This thesis analyzes the motivation and performance of 403 acquisitions made by emerging multinational corporations (EMNCs) in Western Europe and North America between 1994 and 2013. The findings indicate that most EMNCs were motivated to acquire in order to obtain access to the upstream and...

The book examines the market reaction to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) announcements over a period from 2003 to 2015. Mergers and acquisitions continue to be amongst the preferred competitive options available to the companies seeking to grow fast in the rapidly changing global business...

This book is one of the very few published investigations of international business in a Japanese context, based on an up-to-date overview of the Japanese mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market in particular. The author explicates recent developments in Japanese business and shows how Japanese...

Gesamt- und einzelwirtschaftliche Bedeutung von M&A -- Formen von M&A und Beteiligte an M&A-Transaktionen -- Der M&A-Prozess -- Die Kernprozesse -- Die Unterstützungsprozesse -- Integrales M&A-Management -- Die BRIC-Länder.

Unternehmenspraxis, und die Internationalisierung wirtschaftlicher Unternehmensaktivitäten führt zu einer immer intensiveren Zusammenarbeit von Menschen unterschiedlicher Kulturen. Allerdings erfüllt mehr als die Hälfte der M&A nicht die in sie gesetzten Erwartungen. Häufig ist dies auf...

This comprehensive volume tackles all aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions activity - including regional concentration of M&As at a global level, the impact of the economic crisis, and theoretical concepts and practical applications.

The European Commission presented a strategy that would allow EU companies to compute their EU tax base under a single set of tax rules at the EU level and use a common formula to distribute this tax base across the individual Member States. Company Tax Reform and Formulary Apportionment in the...