Understanding mergers and acquisitions in the 21st century [electronic resource] : a multidisciplinary approach / Killian J. McCarthy and Wilfred Dolfsma.
Exploring mergers and acquisitions (MAs) in the 21st century, the authors systematically introduce, characterize and evaluate these mergers, discussing the methodologies that can be employed to measure them, and considering a number of factors relevant to their performance. They analyze the economic...
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Summary: | Exploring mergers and acquisitions (MAs) in the 21st century, the authors systematically introduce, characterize and evaluate these mergers, discussing the methodologies that can be employed to measure them, and considering a number of factors relevant to their performance. They analyze the economic, managerial, legal, and psychological factors. Given that up to US$10 billion a day is spent on mergers and acquisitions, and that approximately 70% of these fail, while the practice spreads internationally, this study into their performance and the impacting factors of M & As is much overdue. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781137278074 1137278072 9781283946964 1283946963 |
| Language: | English. |