This paper is concerned with the profitable external growth and proposes an empirical model outlining the major determinants of its success. The results of analysis of the unique sample of strategic growth acquisitions completed from 2000 to 2010 suggest that the success of transaction is...

Using mergers and acquisitions as a testing ground we examine whether managers face conflicting incentives in selecting the uniqueness of their corporate strategy. We argue that firms that pursue strategies which assemble commonly-bundled assets may pay more for these assets, perhaps as a...

There are three well-known phases of leveraged buyouts (LBOs): the initial or classic LBO phase, the breakup value phase and the strategic LBO phase. The start of each of these phases is subjective, but the general phase-by-phase progression seems clear. Following the phase progression through...

Corporate strategic Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) mean focus on growth (e.g. revenue growth) and aim to enhance the firm's competitive position. The academic literature reports however, an extremely high failure rate of strategic M&A – their outcomes are very difficult to forecast and they...

We develop a dynamic tradeoff model to examine the importance of manager-shareholder conflicts in capital structure choice. Using panel data on leverage choices and the model's predictions for different statistical moments of leverage, we show that while refinancing costs help explain the...

The aim of this paper is to grasp the processes underlying the genesis and assessment of synergies in M&A deals. We proceed to an in-depth scrutiny of the foundations of synergies using Porter's model of the value chain. A discernment of the nature of synergies and the mode of their emergence is...

For the management focused on growth of value of the company is important not only ability to apply the standard methods to an assessment of the companies, but also that is more important, to possess tools of diagnostics of fair value of the company. It will allow to carry out the analysis of...

Using a large dataset of corporate venture capital (CVC) investments in young ventures from 1987 to 2010, I examine external knowledge acquisitions by corporate investors. I find that CVCs are more likely to acquire portfolio ventures when the level of ventures' innovation is high and when CVCs'...

This paper theoretically and empirically studies the impact of corporate governance level on firms' choice in two political strategies: lobbying and making political contributions. The theoretical model implies that managers, who care more about personal interests in short run, prefer making...