User behavior of multimedia services currently undergoes strong changes. This is reflected in several recent trends, e.g. the increase of rich media content consumption, preferences for more individual and personalized services and the higher sensitivity of end users for quality issues. These...

We identify 72 bank Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), in which US banks acquired other financial institutions. We focus on the role of timing at M&A in the context of boom phase and financial crisis. Applying event study methodology, we examine: value generation to bank shareholders; value...

The objective of this research is to strengthen the relevance of the theoretical corpus of Fama and Jensen (1983a, 1983b) and Jensen and Meckling (1992). To do so, we apply the theory of the organisational architecture to the investment process to understand its complexity and efficiency. We...

This paper empirically investigates the industry determinants of M&A value creation and the division of M&A gains in a sample of horizontal acquisitions in Europe during the period 19972008. Our results show that industry sales concentration and the ratio of combined target and bidder size...

In a society marked by economic crisis, creating value and market competition becomes a heady company need. According to recent studies, in competitive companies, the highest share in the assets is hold by the value of intangible assets. Consequently, this involves the identification,...

This study, based on Indian banking mergers, examines the impact of mergers on both the stock market wealth creation and operating performance. The study also analyses the performance of the merged banks in relation to a control group based on financial ratios. The results of cumulative abnormal...

Modern enterprises must be able to adapt to dynamic changes, which take place in their business environment. Such changes result from the expansion of modern technologies introduced in enterprises and adopted and regularly used by buyers. These technologies have significantly changed the way...