书目名称 | Mergers & Acquisitions in the Machinery Industry |
编辑 | Florian Geiger |
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丛书名称 | Schriften zum europäischen Management |
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描述 | Which motives initiate managers to merge or to acquire other corporations? While there is a long-lasting history of empirical research on M&A in a cross-industry context, our knowledge about industry specific drivers of M&A is more than limited. Given this background, the machinery industry is an attractive segment to address questions on M&A motives – as it is on the one hand a very fragmented industry and on the other hand a bundle of in some parts highly consolidated sub-industries. In his thesis, Mr. Geiger makes an effort to answer the question why firms in the machinery industry follow M&A strategies and how successful they are in their transactions. This is not only a remarkable endeavour because Mr. Geiger uses some hand selected unique datasets, but in particular, because he presents state-of-the-art analyses which are competitive and meet highest international standards. The thesis on hand carefully identifies and addresses open research questions related to M&A strategies ina very specific industry. Its primary objective was to identify M&A motives for different types of companies in various sub-segments of the machinery industry by analyzing stock price and accounting d |
出版日期 | Book 2010 |
关键词 | Acquisition; Acquisitions; Acquisitions; Corporate Relatedness; Event Study; Merger Motives; Merger Succes |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-6049-8 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-8349-2293-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-8349-6049-8Series ISSN 2627-6364 Series E-ISSN 2627-6372 |
issn_series | 2627-6364 |
copyright | Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2010 |