Advances in mergers and acquisitions. Vol. 1

• Other Authors: Gregory, Alan, 1954-, Cooper, Cary L.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2000.
• Series: Advances in mergers and acquisitions.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Mergers & Acquisitions.; Business & Economics > Finance.; Takeovers, mergers & buy-outs.; Consolidation and merger of corporations.

Introduction (C. Cooper, A. Gregory). The post merger performance puzzle (A. Agrawal, J.F. Jaffe). The influence of cultural compatibility within cross-border acquisitions: a review (R. Schoenberg). Integrating mergers and acquisitions: an international reseearch review (D.M. Schweiger, P.K. Goulet)...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Cary Cooper, Alan Gregory
• Corporate governance, corporate control and takeovers / Sudi Sudarsanam
• Acquisition strategy and target resistance : a theory of countervailing effects of pre-merger bidding and post merger integration / Jeffrey S. Harrison, Hugh M. O'Neill, Robert E. Hoskisson
• Managerial ownership and risk-reducing acquisitions / John Douka, Martin Holmen
• Mergers between professional services firms : exploring an undirected process of integration / Laura Empson
• Tales of trial and triumph a narratological perspective on international acquisition / Martine Cardel Gertsen, Anne-Marie Søderberg
• The influence of cultural compatibility within cross-border acquisitions : a review / Richard Schoenberg
• Integrating mergers and acquisitions : an international research review / David M. Schweiger, Philip K. Goulet
• The post-merger performance puzzle / Anup Agrawal, Jeffrey F. Jaffe
• Takeovers as a disciplinary mechanism? / R.J. Limmack.