Mergers and Acquisitions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Mergers and Acquisitions: A Global View

   • Karyn L. Neuhauser

   Pages 1-4

3. What Drives Acquisitions? A Market-Manager Rationality Framework

   • Antonios Antoniou, Huainan Zhao

   Pages 5-26

4. Misadventure and the Form of Payment in Corporate Acquisitions

   • Tyrone M. Carlin, Guy Ford, Nigel Finch

   Pages 27-41

5. An Essay on the History of a Merger: The Case of the National Bank of Canada

   • Raymond Théoret, François-Éric Racicot

   Pages 42-55

6. Corporate Diversification: The Costs and Benefits of Synergy

   • Felipe Balmaceda

   Pages 56-82

7. The Influence of M&As on Firm Value: The Turkish Experience

   • M. Nihat Solakoğlu, Mehmet Orhan

   Pages 83-95

8. Price Volatility in Stocks Subject to Tender Offers

   • Elaine Hutson

   Pages 96-117

9. Merger Arbitrage: An Introduction

   • Greg N. Gregoriou, François-Serge Lhabitant

   Pages 118-138

10. The Impact of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions on Financial Analysts’ Forecasts: Evidence from the Canadian Stock Market

    • Alain Coën, Aurélie Desfleurs, Claude Francoeur

    Pages 139-154

11. The Economic Analysis of US Antitrust Merger Law

    • Germán Coloma

    Pages 155-167

12. Ethical Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions

    • Robert W. McGee

    Pages 168-177

13. The Use of Equity Swaps in Mergers

    • Paul U. Ali

    Pages 178-187

14. Banking Performance in Domestic and Cross-Border Acquisitions

    • Sergio Sanfilippo Azofra, Belén Díaz Díaz, Myriam García Olalla, Carlos López Gutiérrez

    Pages 188-212

15. Mergers between European Energy Firms: National Champions and Markets

    • Francesc Trillas

    Pages 213-233

16. A Deal Too Far: The Case of the Killer Acquisition

    • Tyrone M. Carlin, Nigel Finch, Guy Ford

    Pages 234-248

17. Trends in Chinese M&A: A Look at Lenovo’s Acquisition of IBM PC

    • Margaret Wang

    Pages 249-257

18. Back Matter

    Pages 259-268

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This collection of exclusive articles presents the latest research in the area of mergers and acquisitions. It presents what drives corporate performance under different economic conditions, both in the US and across the globe, and examines the role of mergers and acquisitions in maintaining the efficiency of world markets.

• Acquisition
• banking
• diversification
• efficiency
• energy
• environment
• financial market
• financial markets
• hedge fund
• merger
• mergers
• research
• swaps
• synergy
• trust

• School of Business and Economics, State University of New York (Plattsburgh), USA

  Greg N. Gregoriou

• State University of New York (Plattsburgh), USA

  Karyn L. Neuhauser

PAUL ALI Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia TONY ANTONIOU Dean of Durham Business School and Professor of Finance, Durham, UK SERGIO SAN FILIPPO AZOFRA University of Cantabria, Spain FELIPE BALAMCEDA Universidad de Chile, Chile ALAIN COEN Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada GERMAN COLOMA Universidad del CEMA, Argentina AURELIE DESFLEURS Université Laval, France BELEN DIAZ DIAZ University of Cantabria, Spain NIGEL FINCH Lecturer in Management, Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, Australia GUY FORD Associate Professor in Management, Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, Australia CLAUDE FRANCOEUR HEC Montréal, Canada MYRIAM GARCIA OLLALA University of Cantabria, Spain ELAINE HUTSON UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland FRANCOIS-SERGE LHABITANT Professor of Finance at the EDHEC Business School (France) and at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) FRANCOIS-ERIC RACICOT Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada RAYMOND THEORET Professor of Finance, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada FRANCESC TRILLAS Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain CARLIN TYRONE Professorial Fellow, Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, Australia MARGARET WANG Victoria University, Australia

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