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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Takeover targets"”.
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Financial characteristics of takeover targets in the gaming industry
Forty-five takeover activities took place from 1989 to 1999. Decisions in takeovers may be affected by financial or non-financial factors. Since non-financial factors are hard to measure and quantify for analysis, this study investigates the financial characteristics of takeover target firms in the …
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The predictive ability of discriminant analysis to identify takeover targets for portfolio selection
… of a model able to predict acquisition targets. The model is tested in a portfolio selection setting to determine its ability to identify portfolios capable of performance superior to that of the market. The sample in the model building phase is composed of seventy-one firms acquired …
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Use of modern machine learning techniques to predict the occurrence and outcome of corporate takeover events
… learning to predict the occurrence of corporate takeovers. The findings show that random forest yields the best predictions out-of-sample based on the area under the curve (AUC) metric. As such, 8 independent variables are considered statistically significant. A time series machine learning …
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An Empirical Analysis of Takeover Predictions in the UK: Application of Artificial Neural Networks and Logistic Regression
This study undertakes an empirical analysis of takeover predictions in the UK. The objectives of this research are twofold. First, whether it is possible to predict or identity takeover targets before they receive any takeover bid. Second, to test whether it is possible to improve prediction …
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Χαρακτηριστικά και πρόβλεψη επιχειρήσεων στόχων εξαγοράς - συγκριτική ανάλυση και ανάπτυξη νέων οικονομετρικών υποδειγμάτων
Σκοπός της παρούσας διατριβής είναι η ανάδειξη των χαρακτηριστικών των επιχειρήσεων – στόχων του βιομηχανικού τομέα και η δυνατότητα πρόβλεψης αυτών αποκαλύπτοντας έτσι τα κίνητρα των αγοραστών. Ο σκοπός αυτός επιτυγχάνεται μέσα από ένα διαφοροποιημένο τρόπο ανάπτυξης του θεωρητικού πλαισίου (σε …