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Mergers and acquisitions are expansionist business activities that often help companies to grow and to expand their operating areas. A merger involves the combination of two distinct organisations. ... This thesis is constructed as follows: the first part of this literature review focuses on the types of mergers and acquisitions, such as ...

This study presents an analysis of publication patterns and major themes in research on mergers and acquisitions in finance and accounting. We find that takeovers as mechanisms of governance, drivers of mergers, mechanisms of mergers, bank mergers, cross-border mergers, shareholder wealth effects of mergers and related events, and the role of financial experts and ownership structure form ...

This thesis is aimed to empirically investigate the performance impact of frequent acquisitions as an aggressive merger and acquisition (M&A) strategy for an acquiring firm. In literature related to the study of M&A, a common question is whether acquisitions improve the performance of acquirers. Neither theoretical nor empirical

This thesis focuses on the effect of factors in the pre-acquisition planning stage on M&A outcomes. With three empirical chapters, the main findings provide compelling evidence that pre-acquisition factors are related to M&A fundamentals such as the motivation and incentives to carry out M&A transaction, and play significant roles in deal's negotiation and post-acquisition integration.

Master Thesis Finance - A.A. Voesenek - The effects of mergers and acquisitions on firm performance 6 are an exception and are one of the few researchers who made an international comparison to expose the different M&A effects in countries all over the world. However, also in their study no decisive answer has been found.

A Mini Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Legum Magister (LLM), Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa ... 4.3 Mergers and acquisition in SA: legal framework 79 . 4.3.1 The takeover regulations in SA 80 - 81 . 4.4 Case studies or mergers and acquisitions 82 ...

Title of thesis: Merger waves and timing of acquisitions: real options approach Degree: Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration Degree programme: Economics Thesis advisor: Professor Pauli Murto Year of Approval: 2023 Number of pages: 61+9 Language: English Abstract The existence of merger waves has been well documented over ...

Abstract. This thesis examines the impact of merger and acquisition (M&A) on innovation outputs. The focus is on two questions, a. evaluation of pre-acquisition characteristics of intangible asset capability (patent portfolio's) of target and acquiring companies and b. post-acquisition impact of M&As on the innovation outputs.

Merger and Acquisition . Merger and Acquisitions, M&As, are the context of when a company acquires or merges with another com-pany due to strategies to grow or expand within new or unknown markets. These mergers or acquisitions tend to happen due to competitors buying to gain more market share, strengthen their product portfolio or penetrate

This thesis consists of three independent essays on merger and acquisition (M&A) in the U.S. capital market. The first essay explores how the social tie with the acquirer's investment bank advisor influences the acquisition performance of the acquirer and the target. The second essay reconciles the behavioral theory and the rational theory of

In this thesis I am using the following definitions of the deal types (Machiraju, 2003): Merger: is a broad term that denotes the combination of two or more companies in such a way that only one survives while others are dissolved. Acquisition: a situation where one firm acquires another and the latter ceases to exist.

Essays on Mergers and Acquisitions by Di Li Chair: Amy K. Dittmar This dissertation examines two important issues of mergers and acquisitions. The first chapter structurally estimates acquiring managers' private benefits in takeovers. It shows that acquiring managers overvalue targets by 63% of target capitalization. As a result,

Charge volume increased $8 billion, or 12%, to $73 billion. Merchant processing volume increased $16 billion, or 14%, to $124 billion, and total transactions increased by 357 million, or 10%, to 4 billion. Managed net charge-off ratio declined to 4.88% from 5.43% in the prior year and 5.56% in the prior quarter.

predicted that antitrust and merger control might reduce the volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) because their primary purpose is to control anti-competitive market practices and the M&As through which companies can increase market share. It is intuitive to predict a negative impact of antitrust and merger laws on cross-border M&As.

This thesis is aimed to empirically investigate the performance impact of frequent acquisitions as an aggressive merger and acquisition (M&A) strategy for an acquiring firm. In literature related to the study of M&A, a common question is whether acquisitions improve the performance of acquirers.

This is one of the few pieces of research of the literature that investigates mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the luxury goods industry. In particular, a 19-year timeframe has been analysed, starting in 2000. The research has utilized analytical tools such as event study and linear regression.

Abstract. The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of post merger and acquisitions on value creation. The paper also analyses the impact of lagged synergy (a proxy of sales growth) on the ...

This thesis entitled "Merger and Acquisition and its Impact on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks: A Comparative study on Siddhartha Bank, Bank of Kathmandu and NMB Bank" submitted by Mr. Hari Gautam to the faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the ...

This thesis empirically investigates the antecedents of abnormal return and operating performance improvement through mergers and acquisitions in Europe, the United Kingdom and North America. The study is an empirical study of M&As of listed acquirers and targets announced between 1985 and 1999. The transactions are analysed using event studies ...

satisfaction position, merger and acquisitions, merger by laws, bank and financial indices. Descriptive research design attempts to obtain a complete and accurate description of a situation. The perception of the direction, magnitude and forms of observed relationship between merger and the bank performance as well as the factor affection them.

In the beginning, the merger bylaws had failed to create immediate impression in the banking fraternity and the merger bylaws in the form of consolidation have gained acceleration over the last two years in 2011 and 2013 when the Himchuli Finance and Birgunj Finance first sparked the merger trend and consolidated to become the H&B Development Bank.

Mergers and acquisitions are one of the most famous inorganic investment strategies used to grow and expand business operations across the globe. In Zambia, mergers and acquisitions transactions keep increasing at a slow rate from the first wave in the 1990s (figure 1.0 below and Table 1.0 in appendix one).

In mergers and acquisitions, a seamless transition to a combined company is the ultimate goal. While executives need to be focused on many of the critical facets of a merger—a combined ...

The joining of trucking companies comes with challenges throughout the merger and acquisition process. The slow-moving procedure was exacerbated during the boom/bust cycle of 2022-23.

To this point, CleanSpark is looking for private acquisitions over mergers with other public companies, though management does forecast fewer public Bitcoin miners by the end of the calendar year.

Start Preamble. The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or ...

The merger's completion sent shares of Digital World Acquisition soaring 39% higher to approximately $51 on a single day, a remarkable uptick for a company whose fundamentals remain under scrutiny.

Shareholder disputed value of coins, artifacts from shipwreck Court unwinds merger, restoring 49% stake to minority shareholders The wreck of a slave ship captured during the "golden age" of Atlantic piracy was the subject of an improper merger in 2018, a Delaware judge ruled Friday, ordering ...

Mergers & Acquisitions The RIA M&A trend started off strong in Q1 2024 Devoe & Company research reveals uptick in transactions as succession challenges, quest for talent, and growth ambitions persist.