Essays about: "determinants of performance"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 130 essays containing the words determinants of performance.

  1. 16. SPAC Post-Merger Performance in the New Regime - An Agency Perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Niclas Leksell; Marcus Silkisberg; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : SPACs; Special Purpose Acquisition Company; IPO; Merger; Acquisition; Business Combination; Post-merger performance; Agency conflicts; Event study;

    Abstract : SPACs are shell companies without operations created to raise capital in an IPO and subsequently identify a non-listed operating company to merge with. As of the last three years (2019-2021), the SPAC has witnessed a significant surge in popularity on the back of several tailwinds, including regulatory legitimization efforts and the participation of blue-chip sponsors and investors. READ MORE

  3. 17. Stock or Cash? Explaining the Payment Method Choice of M&As and the Effect on Performance on the European Developed Markets

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : gustav kollberg; john skantze; [2022-06-29]
    Keywords : Payment Method; Stock Bid; Cash Bid; Determinants of the Payment Method; Cumulative Abnormal Return; Opportunistic Behaviour; Rational Payment Design; M A; Information Asymmetry; Adverse Selection;

    Abstract : We investigate what factors determine the choice of the payment method when choosing between payment of stocks or cash during an acquisition or merger. Furthermore, we examine how that choice of payment method affects the bidder’s performance in the short term by examining the changes in the cumulative abnormal return. READ MORE

  4. 18. Heading Home: A Case Study of Handelsbanken's Nordic Market Exits

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Gisela Gardelius; Victoria Lindbäck; [2022]
    Keywords : Banks; Regionalization; Divestments; Consolidation;

    Abstract : Recent trends and changes in the banking market have transformed the competitive landscape and forced banks to rethink their internationalization strategies. One of these banks is Handelsbanken, one of Sweden's largest banks, which announced its divestment of its Danish and Finnish operations in October 2021. READ MORE

  5. 19. Islamic and Conventional Banking Systems in the Middle East and Northern Africa region (2012-2021)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Layla Erietta Chamilothoris; [2022]
    Keywords : Finance; Islamic finance; Islamic banks; conventional banks; resilience; financial performance; banking; Middle East; and Northern Africa; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The health of the financial system has vital influence on the economic growth and development of a country. Banking systems are a key component of the financial systems and therefore, the economic importance of banks should never be underestimated. READ MORE

  6. 20. The impact of ICT diffusion on primary schooling in The Gambia: a synthetic control approach

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Ida Lennström; Spencer Robild; [2022]
    Keywords : Internet penetration; Synthetic Control Method; sub-Saharan Africa; primary school completion; ICT diffusion;

    Abstract : Using national-level data from countries within sub-Saharan Africa, this paper investigates the impact of ICT diffusion, measured through Internet penetration, on primary school completion. Digital inequalities, as well as an overrepresentation of children out of school, particularly affect poor- and rural population groups in sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE