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Mergers and acquisitions: a qualitative study in the medical device sector
Jacob, Alon Ben - In: International journal of management, economics and … 9 (2020) 3, pp. 161-181
One of the key processes that business leaders are using to grow their organizations is mergers and acquisitions (M … emerged through data analysis: leadership focus, value creation, integration strategy, the review process, relationship …
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Managerial attitudes and corporate actions
Graham, John R.; Harvey, Campbell R.; Puri, Manju - In: Journal of Financial Economics 109 (2013) 1, pp. 103-121
We administer psychometric tests to senior executives to obtain evidence on their underlying psychological traits and attitudes. We find US CEOs differ significantly from non-US CEOs in terms of their underlying attitudes. In addition, we find that CEOs are significantly more optimistic and...
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Do cash stockpiles fuel cash acquisitions?
Pinkowitz, Lee; Sturgess, Jason; Williamson, Rohan - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 23 (2013) C, pp. 128-149
U.S. firms currently hold a $2trillion cash stockpile. We examine if cash stockpiles fuel cash acquisitions by studying … that the link between cash stockpiles and cash acquisitions is not obvious. …
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Serial Entrepreneurs : Evidence from SPACs
Marvin, Kristi - 2020
This study examines whether the serial entrepreneurial experience of founders contributes to improved overall performance using a sample of Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) innovative firms that entered the U.S. financial markets since August 2003. Based on subsample analysis,...
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EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS AND THE ROMANIAN STOCK MARKET
Bogdan, Cernat-Gruici; Gabriela, Constantin Laura; … - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2010) 2, pp. 700-704
the number of mergers and acquisitions, the research results suggest that, for the market and period considered, one way …Based on empirical studies and theoretical evidence, the paper investigates the relationship between mergers and … acquisitions in Romania and Romanian stock market, described by the BET and BET-C indexes. By using the Granger causality test for …
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Open Offers and Shareholders Earnings – Evidence from India
Nangia, Vinay Kumar; Agrawal, Rajat; Reddy, K. Srinivasa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Purpose: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have become a popular vehicle for domestic as well as international companies …
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The Political Economy of Dominant Investors
Perotti, Enrico C.; von Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig - 2004
We allow the preference of a political majority to determine boththe corporate governance structure and the division of profits betweenhuman and financial capital. In a democratic society where financialwealth is concentrated, a political majority may prefer to restraingovernance by dispersed...
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The effect of industry restructuring on peer firms
Holcomb, Alex; Mason, Paul - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 5, pp. 1-25
We study the bond price reaction of a merged firms peers, in order to better understand how the market responds to a restructuring. We argue that a merger announcement may signal the possibility of a merger wave to the industry, and in doing so, increase the conditional probability that peer...
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The political economy of dominant investors
Perotti, Enrico C.; Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig von - 2005
We allow the preference of a political majority to determine boththe corporate governance structure and the division of profits betweenhuman and financial capital. In a democratic society where financialwealth is concentrated, a political majority may prefer to restraingovernance by dispersed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337975
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Do announcement returns contain information about value creation?
Ben-David, Itzhak; Bhattacharya, Utpal; Jacobsen, Stacey - 2020
returns. Our results cast doubt on the usefulness of announcement returns as a measure of the value created in acquisitions …
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