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Showing 1 to 20 of 507 for “"Acquisitions."”.
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IT Systems Acquisitions: An Exploration of Two Acquisitions in a University Setting
… enterprise class information technology system acquisitions, Georgia Southern University’s acquisition of a new learning management system and a discovery system at the Zach S. Henderson Library at Georgia Southern University. There are many activities that need to be addressed during the IT …
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Merchant banks and corporate acquisitions
The aim of this dissertation is to provide a comprehensive analysis of how British merchant banks organise and approach contested bids within the institutional framework of the City.To this end., a number of exploratory hypotheses were derived from a pilot study with five merchant banks in the City …
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ESSAYS ON BANKING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
… which are three papers on banking mergers and acquisitions. Bank failure and bank takeover are major risks which cause a bank to cease to exist, and Chapter 1 focuses on analyzing the factors which indicate bank takeover target vs. bank failure. The target banks would be integrated into …
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Enterprise Systems and Mergers and Acquisitions
… the impact of enterprise systems on mergers and acquisitions. The first chapter examines the relationship between Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). It also investigates how …
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Acquirer reputation in mergers and acquisitions
… studies on reputation and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. M&As are an important corporate strategy that firms use to survive and expand their global market. In the UK, both the number and value of domestic and cross-border M&As has increased significantly over the years. …
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Planning for External Growth Through Acquisitions
… and its relationship to external growth through acquisitions. It was researched and written under the premise that the purpose of planning for external growth is to be sure that the external growth through acquisitions contributes to the earnings growth goals of the company which have been …
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Employee protection in mergers and acquisitions
The acquisition of companies by means of takeovers, or transfers is a frequent occurrence in modem industrialised world. The process of takeover of one company by another, or of amalgamation of one company with another or of merger of one company into group of companies may take place in a variety …
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A probabilistic model of corporate acquisitions
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1983.
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The Intangible Reverberations Following Mergers & Acquisitions
This study preliminarily investigates how merger and acquisition (M&A) activities affect employees as stakeholders of the company system - specifically in the areas of leadership, communication, company direction, project autonomy, and path for career growth. Interviews of 14 employees supporting …
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The IT integration of mergers & acquisitions
The role of information systems in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) becomes increasingly important as the need for speed of reaction and information is growing. Mergers and acquisitions may disrupt the operations of the organizations involved. Major issues include the need to integrate personnel, …
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Two Essays on Mergers and Acquisitions
… effect of the Q-hypothesis of mergers and acquisitions. The Q-hypothesis of mergers and acquisitions proposes that takeovers of low-Q targets by high-Q acquirers should be value creating as acquirers redeploy the targets' assets. I revisit the valuation effects of mergers and acquisitions …
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Are cross-border mergers and acquisitions better or worse than domestic mergers and acquisitions? The UK evidence
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are important corporate strategy actions that are vital for the companies in order to survive in this competitive global world. The popularity of those actions has increased over the years, especially in the international domain. In the UK, both the number and value …
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Sources of Value in Mergers and Acquisitions
… investigates sources of value in mergers and acquisitions, using a discounted cash-flow valuation method to develop a model that explains sources of economic gains. The model identifies three major sources of value in mergers, each of which can reduce or contribute to the combined wealth …
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Essays on Bank Acquisitions and Systemic Risk
… dissertation consists of two chapters on bank acquisitions and systemic risk.</p> <p><strong>Chapter 1:</strong> This chapter explores whether bank acquisitions are associated with systemic risk-shifting. Acquisitions can form larger and more diversified firms and, as such, increase the …
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Essays on Mergers and Acquisitions and Governance
<p>There is a recent strand of corporate finance literature that explores the impact of executives and directors' Social connections on firm value, performance, and governance. Those studies document that such Social connections could be beneficial when they enhance the sharing of information and …
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Predicting mergers and acquisitions using machine learning
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) play a crucial role in the expansion of companies. During a typical M&A deal, the target company is offered a significant premium over their current share price by the acquirer. This results in a material increase in the target company's share price on the …
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Game-theoretic models for mergers and acquisitions
This thesis examines the corporate merger process as a bargaining game, under the assumption that the two companies are essentially in conflict over the single issue of the price to be offered by the acquirer to the target. The first part of the thesis deals with the construction and testing of …
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Technology strategy in data networking industry acquisitions
… strategies in data networking industry acquisitions. This thesis follows the acquisition efforts in recent years of two technology industry giants: Cisco Systems and Lucent Technologies. It probes the companies' motivations and rationale behind their acquisitions, the impact upon the …
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Mergers and acquisitions in Australia: reasons and timing
This study addresses mergers and acquisitions in Australia, particularly fluctuations in the merger rate, the role of the business cycle in such fluctuations, the reasons for mergers and their role in explaining any cyclical variability and the parallels between the timing of merger fluctuations in …
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Essays on the Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions
This dissertation builds on the economic research about M&A and the effects on the merging plants' performance. In particular, the objective of this thesis is to shed some light on questions about causal effects of M&A on plants' performance, taking firm heterogeneity into account. Since there is …
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