The purpose of this paper is to synthesize and analyze prior literature of mergers and acquisitions (Mamp;A) and its effects on the financial performance in an attempt to determine factors that might influence post-mergers and acquisitions performance. The main conclusion is that there are...

This paper examines the operating performance of a sample of Egyptian companies involved in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) transactions for the period 1996 to 2003. The analysis is based on the accounting measures to test the effects of M&A on the corporate performance of the construction and...