Essays about: "Efficiency of Mergers and Acquisitions"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words Efficiency of Mergers and Acquisitions.

  1. 6. Pricing Difficulties in Mergers & Acquisitions – Public versus Private target

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Paula Petersson; Eric Szabo; [2014]
    Keywords : Mergers; Acquisitions; Announcement Effect; Event Study; Private firm discount; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : With the intention to provide new evidence valid for the Scandinavian market the thesis aims to; (I) examine the announcement effect for acquiring companies, where the emphasis lies on the difference between acquiring Public targets compared to Private targets, and (II) investigate the relation between abnormal returns and variables found significant in previous research. The concept of mergers and acquisitions is briefly introduced followed by relevant theories offering explanations to the occurrence of the announcement effect. READ MORE

  3. 7. Telling True from False: Do Markets React Efficiently to Takeover Rumors?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Alexander Kronvall; Ossian Hanning; [2013]
    Keywords : Takeover Rumors; Market Efficiency; Event Study; Mergers and Acquisitions; Logit Analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how U.S. markets react to 345 different takeover rumors, and how efficiently the market is capable of distinguishing between true and false rumors. READ MORE

  4. 8. Mergers & Acquisitions : a trendy fad or sustainable value creation?

    University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Anna Lena Bischoff; Linn Sällström; Jesco Alexander Danylow; [2011]
    Keywords : Mergers; Acquisitions; trend; business valuation;

    Abstract : Today, companies need to constantly expand their business to stay ahead of the severe competition. As competition grows more intense, it makes sense to join forces or simply acquire the rival to provide the most diverse service and to reach even the last customer. READ MORE

  5. 9. Do Mergers and Acquisitions Improve Efficiency of the Banks? - DEA approach in the case of European banks

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate Business School

    Author : Epizitone Anabi Ebodume; Orkhan Omarov; [2007-07-19T16:25:02Z]
    Keywords : Mergers and Acquisitions; European Banks; Bidder Banks; Data Envelopment Analysis; Technical Efficiency;

    Abstract : After the introduction of the Euro, a steady banking system in the European Union was abstractedly ensured through consolidation and over the 1990s, the volume and the number of bank mergers and acquisitions (M&As) increased rapidly. Measuring the efficiency gains from M&As in the banking industry is in the spotlight of managers and shareholders. READ MORE

  6. 10. Analysis of Market Efficiency Following Cancelled M and A Deals: From a Target's Perspective

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Karin Holmberg; Markus Uberoi; [2007]
    Keywords : cancelled M and A deals; market efficiency; event study;

    Abstract : Over the last decade the numbers of mergers and acquisitions have increased, and only a small fraction of these are cancelled. In this thesis the market efficiency post an announced cancellation is analysed by performing an event-study based on 101 cancelled deals among the North American-, European-, Asian- and Australian markets. READ MORE