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Rhetoric, Argument and Impression Management in Hostile Takeover Defence Documents
Brennan, Niamh M. - 2013
reports and press releases to non-routine takeover documents where the financial consequences of narrative disclosures can be … in the defence documents of target companies subject to hostile takeover bids. The paper examines the incidence, extent … and implications of impression management in ten hostile takeover defence documents issued by target companies listed on …
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Voluntary Disclosure of Profit Forecasts : Factors Influencing Information Disclosed During UK Takeover Bids
Brennan, Niamh M. - 2013
Most studies of forecast disclosure do not examine the information disclosed in forecasts, focusing instead on the dichotomous decision to disclose/not disclose a forecast. More recent research has begun to examine the nature of the forecasts disclosed (qualitative vs. non-qualitative; point or...
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Disclosure of Profit Forecasts during Takeovers : Evidence from Directors and Advisors
Brennan, Niamh M. - 2013
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Internet Appendix to : Overbidding in Mergers and Acquisitions: An Accounting Perspective
Bartov, Eli - 2020
This Internet Appendix (IA) contains three sections: The first section provides variable definitions (Section IA1), the second section outlines the development and estimation of the overbidding measure, as well as reports summary statistics and estimation results (Section IA2), and the third and...
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A Research Note on Bargain Purchase Gains on Acquisition
Kabir, Humayun - 2018
I explore the incidence, amounts, disclosure and potential sources of bargain purchase gains reported by an Australian sample of firms during 2013-15. I find that 7.58% of the acquirers reported bargain purchase gains during this period. The median gain as a percentage of consideration...
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M&A Due Diligence, Post-Acquisition Performance, and Financial Reporting for Business Combinations
Wangerin, Daniel - 2018
Before completing an M&A transaction, acquiring firms conduct due diligence. This process provides acquiring firms with a more informed assessment of the expected costs, benefits, and risks of an acquisition and offers one last opportunity to renegotiate or terminate an M&A transaction. However,...
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The Underlying Economic Components of Acquired Goodwill
Linsmeier, Thomas - 2020
In this study, we investigate what makes up acquired goodwill and find that it consists of at least three distinct components: expected synergies from combining the assets of the target and acquirer, the going concern value of the target firm, and overpayment. We identify these components...
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M&A Due Diligence, Post-Acquisition Performance, and Financial Reporting for Business Combinations
Wangerin, Daniel - 2019
Before completing an M&A transaction, acquiring firms conduct due diligence. This process provides acquiring firms with a more informed assessment of the expected costs, benefits, and risks of an acquisition and offers one last opportunity to renegotiate or terminate an M&A transaction. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868406
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The effects of cross-border M&As on the acquirers' domestic performance : firm-level evidence
Stiebale, Joel; Trax, Michaela - 2010
This paper provides empirical evidence on the effects of cross-border M&As on investing firms' domestic performance in the U.K. and France. We build a new firm-level dataset that combines a global M&A database with balance sheet data for the years 2000-2007. Combining matching techniques with a...
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Bidder cash reserve effect under the precautionary motive : evidence from UK
Gao, Ning; Mohamed, Abdulkadir - 2011
Cash-rich bidders in UK have better announcement abnormal returns than cash-poor ones during 1984-2007, contrasting previous findings in the US. The positive cash reserve effect is mainly from bidders of high long-run growth or those with non-trivial institutional holdings. Moreover, cash-rich...
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