Are Friendly Acquisitions Too Bad for Shareholders and Managers? Long-Term Value Creation and Top Management Turnover in Hostile and Friendly Acquirers

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Four types of acquirers are examined: hostile bidder, friendly bidder, and hostile bidder and white knight facing either another hostile bidder or white knight. Findings show that more value is destroyed with friendly acquirers possessing high stock-market ratings than with hostile acquirers with similar stock-market ratings.

United Arab Emirates, Economic aspects, Value (Economics), Hostile takeovers

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Thirty Years of Mergers and Acquisitions Research: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities

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Primary approaches of enquiry include acquisition process, organizational fit, and strategic fit. Despite research, many acquisitions and mergers still fail; reasons behind this dichotomy are posited and future avenues for research are suggested.

United Kingdom, Methods, Business, History, Organizational research, Business research

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The CultureuPerformance Relationship in M&A: From Yes/No to How

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It is posited that understanding how, rather than whether, cultural differences influence mergers and acquisitions is key to researching the process.

Finland, France, Public affairs, Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Influence, Culture, Organizational behavior, Civilization, Organizational behaviour

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