Large Wealth Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions
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Large Wealth Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions
We examine completed M&A deals with large bidder shareholder dollar wealth gains at announcement. Our results show that large-gain acquisitions are (i) typically “bolt-on” deals that are small relative to the acquirer’s size; (ii) transaction-specific events (not firmor CEOspecific events); (iii) enhanced by synergies from a strategic fit in the supply chain; and; (iv) executed by bidders with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Financial Management
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0046-3892
DOI: 10.1111/fima.12212