Understanding Mergers and Acquisitions in the 21st Century

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Killian J. McCarthy, Wilfred Dolfsma

      Pages 1-8

3. Setting the Scene

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. The Business Environment

      • Killian J. McCarthy

      Pages 11-36

   3. The Legal Environment

      • Odhran James McCarthy

      Pages 37-76

4. Explaining M&A Performances

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. A Perspective from Economics and Business

      1. Firm Size

         • Utz Weitzel, Killian J. McCarthy

         Pages 79-108

      2. Merger Motives

         • Killian J. McCarthy, Utz Weitzel

         Pages 109-147

      3. Shareholder Optimism

         • Enrico Diecidue, Jeroen van de Ven, Utz Weitzel

         Pages 148-164

   3. A Perspective from Psychology and Sociology

      1. Culture

         • Christine Coisne

         Pages 167-197

      2. Managerial Power

         • Claire E. Ashton-James, Killian J. McCarthy, Anca Dranca-Iacoban

         Pages 198-222

      3. Personality

         • Boyana N. Petkova, Killian J. McCarthy

         Pages 223-249

5. Moving Forward

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251

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   2. A View to the Future

      • Auke-Dirk Pietersma, Killian J. McCarthy

      Pages 253-282

6. Back Matter

   Pages 283-295

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The first volume to explore mergers and acquisitions in the 21st century. The authors systematically introduce, characterize and evaluate these mergers, and discuss the methodologies that can be employed to measure them. They also consider a number of factors relevant to the performance of mergers and acquisitions.

• China
• computer science
• economics
• International Mergers and Acquisitions
• merger

• University of Groningen, the Netherlands

  Killian J. McCarthy, Wilfred Dolfsma

CLAIRE ASHTON-JAMES Assistant Professor of social and organizational psychology at the VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands CHRISTINE COISNE Full-time faculty member of EDHEC Business School, France ENRICO DIECIDUE Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD, France ANCA DRANCA-IACOBAN ODHRAN JAMES MCCARTHY Analyst for the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and is based in Turin, Italy BEYONA PETKOVA AUKE PIETERSMA works for Horus View and Explore JEROEN VAN DE VEN Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Centre for Law and Economics (ACLE), the Netherlands, and Research Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute UTZ WEITZEL Professor of Finance at the Economics Department of Nijmegen School of Management, the Netherlands

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