This study investigates the performance of large speculators in 22 commodity markets over the last 15 years. We find that large speculators were profitable in many markets. Two possible sources of returns are analyzed for their relevance in these gains: The ability to forecast and the flow of...

In this paper we shed additional light on relatedness research and examine how capital markets value different value chain integration and diversification strategies in mergers. We focus on a sample of 330 machinery industry transactions, as this industry compromises strongly varying business...

The European banking landscape has experienced a profound restructuring since the mid 1980ties and still is substantially changing. In the last three years, prior to the formal start of the European Monetary Union, we counted more completed large mergers and acquisitions (Mamp;A) than in the...

By linking industrial organization theory and capital market research, we provide empirical evidence that merger motives of firms are influenced by underlying industry concentration. Analyzing wealth effects on target, acquirer and rival firms in the machinery industry, we observe significant...

This paper analyzes approaches investigating success drivers of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the software industry. The literature review covers a classification of research papers in the generic and software industry specific M&A research discipline. The results accentuate that the impact...

This paper investigates the relationship between the reputation of investment banks employed in mergers and acquisitions transactions and the resulting wealth effects. Two hypotheses are tested: the superior deal hypothesis, stating that high reputation advisors suggest deals with higher overall...