Essays about: "mergers and acquisitions cross border"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 55 essays containing the words mergers and acquisitions cross border.

  1. 16. 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

  3. 17. 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

  4. 18. 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

  5. 19. Mergers and Acquisitions and Default Risk: Evidence from Western European Financial Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Teemu Mäkiaho; Henri Rikhard Kiviniemi; [2019]
    Keywords : M A; Default Risk; Merton Model; Probability of Default; Distance-to-Default; Financial Sector; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the default risk of acquiring companies. The sample consists of 276 transactions carried out between 2010 and 2018 by acquirers from Western European financial sector. READ MORE

  6. 20. Target Shareholder Returns - Domestic vs Cross-border Takeovers

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Gustav Andersson; Oscar Norman; [2019]
    Keywords : Mergers and Acquisitions; Domestic Takeovers; Cross-border Takeovers; Shareholder Return; Event Study;

    Abstract : Major increase in the M&A activity on the corporate landscape has been identified in 2018 and Sweden experienced the second highest growth in inbound M&A activity in 2017. This thesis presents the target shareholder behavior from takeover announcements on NASDAQ Stockholm during the years 2000-2018. READ MORE