Over the past 20 years, there have been several important changes in Japanese takeover regulations. The changes have …

adopted corporate governance mechanism in Japan is still not as effective as in other developed markets such as USA and might …

ratio by the blockholder affects companies' operating performance and bank-firm relationships. In Japan, banks are …

acquisition target based on its productivity level, profitability and other characteristics and whether the performance of … acquisitions improved target firms%u2019 productivity and profitability significantly more and quicker than acquisitions by … domestic firms.Moreover, we find that there is no positive impact on target firms%u2019 profitability in the case of both …

Moreover, we find that there is no positive impact on target firms' profitability in the case of both within-group in …-in acquisitions, parent firms may be trying to quickly restructure acquired firms even at the cost of deteriorating profitability … acquisition target based on its productivity level, profitability and other characteristics and whether the performance of …

In this paper, we investigated the affect of tender offer transactions in Japan from four perspectives. The first one … investor reactions in Japan are similar to those in the U.S. A Japanese market with an increase in tender offer transactions …

decision making authority in responding to hostile takeover attempts. The hostile takeover regime in Japan, which developed … Kingdom, and Japan - hostile takeovers emerged under a common set of circumstances. Yet the national regulatory responses to … adding distinctive elements, including an independent enforcement role for Japan's stock exchange. This Article provides an …

We analyze the characteristics of the firms that introduce anti-takeover provisions using a Japanese firm-level dataset …

hypothesizes that banks benefit from client mergers. Using data from Japan in 1990-2004, when Japan's banking sector suffered from …