Understanding Mergers and Acquisitions in the 21st Century

A Multidisciplinary Approach
2013. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-33666-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 295 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4925 g

The first volume to explore mergers and acquisitions in the 21st century. The authors systematically introduce, characterize and evaluate these mergers, and discuss the methodologies that can be employed to measure them. They also consider a number of factors relevant to the performance of mergers and acquisitions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCarthy, K.

Dolfsma, W.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; K.J.McCarthy & W.Dolfsma PART I: SETTING THE SCENE A Perspective from Economics and Law The Business Environment Mergers and Merger Waves: A Century of Cause and Effect; K.J.McCarthy The Legal Environment The Same But Different? A Comparison of The Regulatory Regimes of 21st Century Europe, the US, and China; O.J.McCarthy PART II: EXPLAINING M&A PERFORMANCE A Perspective from Economics and Business Firm Size When Bigger Isn't Always Better: A Study of Mergers and Acqusitions by Small and Medium Enterprises; U.Weitzel & K.J.McCarthy Merger Motives Merger Motives and the Realisation of Gains; K.J.McCarthy & U.Weitzel Shareholder Optimism Shareholders' Expectations, Aspiration Levels, and Mergers; E.Diecidue, J.van de Van & U.Weitzel A Perspective from Psychology and Sociology Culture Managing Culture in International Mergers and Acquisitions Christine Coisne Managerial Power Power, and the Destruction of Value in Mergers and Acquisitions; C.Ashton-James, K.J.McCarthy & A.Dranca-Iacoban Personality Mergers as Marriages: Using Attachment Theory to Understand Mergers and Acquisitions; B.Petkova & K.J.McCarthy PART III: MOVING FORWARD A Perspective from Computer Science A View to the Future A Data-Driven Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions; A.D.Pietersma & K.J.McCarthy

Über Autor(innen)

CLAIRE ASHTON-JAMES Assistant Professor of social and organizational psychology at the VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
CHRISTINE COISNE Full-time faculty member of EDHEC Business School, France
ENRICO DIECIDUE Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD, France
ANCA DRANCA-IACOBAN
ODHRAN JAMES MCCARTHY Analyst for the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and is based in Turin, Italy
BEYONA PETKOVA
AUKE PIETERSMA works for Horus View and Explore
JEROEN VAN DE VEN Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Centre for Law and Economics (ACLE), the Netherlands, and Research Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute
UTZ WEITZEL Professor of Finance at the Economics Department of Nijmegen School of Management, the Netherlands