Essays about: "SALE strategy"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 43 essays containing the words SALE strategy.

  1. 16. Buying to be bought out: An empirical study of shareholder activists chasing superior returns by guiding their targeted companies into being acquired in an M&A transaction

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Stanislava Podlesnaya; [2017]
    Keywords : Shareholder activism; Hedge funds; M A; Buyout; Event study;

    Abstract : In our thesis we examine the shareholder activism strategy with a focus on attempting to gain superior returns by guiding the companies towards a sale. We specifically look at the wealth creation effect at companies that are targeted by activists, using the event study method and try to tie the abnormal returns of their involvement to the level of premia offered in a later buyout with a simple OLS regression. READ MORE

  3. 17. Value Creation through Orphan Innovations; A case study of AstraZeneca

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Malin Palmqvist; Cecilia Zander; [2016-09-29]
    Keywords : Orphan innovation; open innovation; outbound open innovation; corporate entrepreneurship; value creation; innovation; pharmaceutical industry; AstraZeneca;

    Abstract : It can be assumed that within all industries, it does occasionally happen that innovations occur that are not in line with the company’s business strategy. This master thesis focuses on these innovations that throughout this paper are called Orphan Innovations, as they do not belong to the company’s core business. READ MORE

  4. 18. IPO Underpricing in NASDAQ First North Stockholm: Can Investors Beat the Market?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emilija Bruzgyte; Gulnura Guliyeva; [2016]
    Keywords : Initial Public Offerings; IPO underpricing; Nasdaq First North Sweden; IPO influencing factors; multiple regression model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) represent the first sale of the firms’ shares to the public. By setting lower offer prices, companies going public create opportunities for investors to earn abnormal returns, making IPOs an attractive investment strategy. READ MORE

  5. 19. Prissäkring : ekonomisk optimering av grödval med hänsyn tagen till försäljningsstrategier och risk

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Henrik Karlsson; Gustav Skog; [2016]
    Keywords : futureskontrakt; medel- och variansanalys; portföljteori; prissäkring; terminshandel;

    Abstract : Prissäkring av spannmål är ett sätt för att minska variation i det ekonomiska resultatet för lantbrukare (Hull, 2012). Vid volatila priser ökar risken för företagen. Prissäkring är ett lämpligt verktyg för att minska prisrisk. READ MORE

  6. 20. Serial Dependence and Portfolio Performance in the Swedish Stock Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Niklas Hummel; [2016]
    Keywords : Vector autoregression; portfolio choice; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper studies the possibility to exploit linear dependence in stock returns of the Swedish OMX 30 index. The main model studied in the paper is a Vector autoregressive (VAR) model. Ten years of data from the OMX 30 index is used, consisting of 27 stocks for the period 2006-2015 which is transformed into daily, weekly and monthly returns. READ MORE