Essays about: "Cross-Border Acquisitions"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 83 essays containing the words Cross-Border Acquisitions.

  1. 21. A legal perspective on biotechnology patents in mergers and acquisitions transactions in the European Union and the United States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Matti Antela; [2020]
    Keywords : Legal perspective; biotechnology; patentability; mergers and acquisitions; regulatory environment.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses different aspects of the legal perspective on the patentability, valuation, and scope of biotech patents in the European Union and the United States when mergers & acquisitions transactions are in question. To facilitate mergers & acquisition of a biotechnology company a specific regulatory environment must be established, particularly what effects the most such transactions when the biotech company is in question. READ MORE

  2. 22. An Analysis of M&A Activity in the European SME Market and Value Drivers of Post-Merger Performance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Callum Hutchinson; Lukas Beckmann; [2020]
    Keywords : Mergers and Acquisitions; SMEs; M A Performance; Europe; M A Success Factors; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Abstract This thesis investigates the impacts pre-merger characteristics play in long-term post-merger performance from a sample of small and medium sized enterprises whom conducted M&A activity within the European Union between the time period of 2011-2013. Using data collected, a quantitative analysis was performed to measure the impact of six separate factors on post-merger performance analyzing the abnormal ROA through the inclusion of pre-merger performance as a control variable. READ MORE

  3. 23. Returns to Swedish Acquirers from Public an Private M&As

    University essay from

    Author : Robin Abrahamsson; Oscar Hammar; [2019-07-09]
    Keywords : Mergers and Acquisition; Listing effect; Abnormal returns; Value creation;

    Abstract : This paper examines Swedish listed acquirers’ cumulative abnormal returns surrounding the announcement of acquisitions between the period 1998–2018 of both public and private targets. We find that acquirers earn an average cumulative abnormal return of 0.68% when the target is public and an average cumulative abnormal return of 1. READ MORE

  4. 24. The Impact of Ownership Concentration on M&A Stock Market Performance: A Study of Acquiring Swedish Public Companies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gustav Borg; Gustav Zimmerman; [2019-07-02]
    Keywords : Ownership concentration; dual-class shares; corporate governance; mergers and acquisitions; agency cost;

    Abstract : This paper estimates the effects of concentrated ownership of Swedish public companies prior, at and after the announcement of an acquisition. Exploiting the available access to detailed information regarding ownership and control structures in Swedish public companies, we are able to separate voting rights from cash flow rights to estimate ownership concentration. READ MORE

  5. 25. When two become one : A study of the impact of sociocultural factors on the PMI process in cross-border M&As

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Olsen; John Karlsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Cross-Border M As; Post-Merger Integration; Sociocultural Factors; Culture; Enablers; Constraints; Success Factors;

    Abstract : There is a paradoxical realism as the number of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) increases on a global scale, despite the fact that organizations’ failure rate to generate the expected value from these cross-border M&As remains high. Researchers have argued that these failures have been connected to the post-merger integration (PMI) process in which multiple challenges are imposed. READ MORE