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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"corporate acquisitions"”.
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Merchant banks and corporate acquisitions
… final section i.e., Part V considers some for corporate advisory work relating to takeovers in the 1980s. In the discussion, details of 40 case studies are used to illustrate the main trends. Volume 2, which is not to be generally available to readers gives a cross section of'transcripts of the …
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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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Three essays on corporate acquisitions, bidders' liquidity, and monitoring
This dissertation consists of three essays on corporate acquisitions, bidders’ liquidity and monitoring. In the first essay, “Acquisitions and Bidders’ Liquidity: Evidence from Successful and Unsuccessful Takeovers”, I examine the impact of corporate acquisitions on bidders’ liquidity. I find that …
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The effect of taxes on the structure of corporate acquisitions
… investigates tax and non-tax determinants of corporate acquisition structure. In contrast to previous research, this study analyzes acquisitions from an investment financing perspective and investigates the tax implications of transaction structure for all three contracting parties--acquiring …
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Determinants and financial consequences of the method of payment in corporate acquisitions
… in the type of consideration offered in corporate acquisitions is observed in practice, little is known about how bidders or targets choose the method of payment in takeovers. Further, several empirical studies report that shareholders of both targets and bidders earn higher returns in …
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Redefining relatedness in corporate acquisitions and mergers: an alternate view for managing corporate diversification
… for studying the relationship between corporate performance and diversification. Extensive research into the relationship between diversification and economic performance has been conducted using two different perspectives. One perspective, pursued mainly by industrial organization …
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Japanese Innovation Strategy and the Aquisition of UK Information Technology Firms
Corporate acquisitions can provide an effective mechanism for maintaining growth in conditions of technological uncertainty, but typically suffer very high failure rates. This thesis presents a resource-based framework for analysing corporate acquisitions in times of rapid technological change. The …
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Determinants of Successful Acquisition Management: A Process Perspective in the Lodging Industry
… that have significant value-added impacts on corporate acquisitions in the lodging industry. Specifically, this study attempted to systematically discover evidence about the determinants of a successful pre-acquisition management process, and the determinants of successful post-acquisition …
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Three Essays on Foreign CEOs
… examines the impact of foreign CEOs on the corporate policies of publicly traded US companies. Using a sample of S&P 1500 firms from 2000 to 2017, this thesis exploits the variation in foreign CEOs’ international experience and national culture to analyse their impact on firm risk, capital …
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Synthetic leasing : a viable alternative for the corporate user
… used to provide off-balance sheet financing to a corporate entity for the acquisition and development of a commercial real estate asset. Recently, off-balance sheet transactions, specifically synthetic leases, have proliferated in connection with corporate acquisitions and with construction and …
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Economic performance of product and process firms
… stronger coherence are able to better exploit corporate synergies and therefore achieve superior economic performance. That is, firms focusing on a specialized and related set of capabilities are able to outperform less coherent firms. Analysis further reveals a significant difference in …
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Extracellular Vesicle Capture and microRNA Detection
… venture capital for new companies, as well as corporate acquisitions by legacy players as they look to enter the field. The work presented in this thesis employs the various benefits of hydrogels for biomolecule detection, namely their biocompatibility, solution-like kinetics, nonfouling …
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Three Essays on Compensation and the Board of Directors
… within the board affects acquirer performance in corporate acquisitions. I find that the five-day announcement returns of firms awarding equal director incentives are around 1% higher than the returns of firms that award variable director incentives within the board. These results are robust to …