Corporate governance and regulatory impact on mergers and acquisitions research and analysis on activity worldwide since 1990

Corporate Governance and regulatory presssures have been much in the news lately. How they affect the bottom line of corporations has been difficult to quantify, and research is just beginning to be published that addresses this crucial question. This book is the first collection of new research abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gregoriou, Greg N.
Other Authors: Renneboog, Luc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Academic Press 2007
Series:Quantitative finance series
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Understanding mergers and acquisitions : corporate governance and regulatory issues / Greg N. Gregoriou and Luc Renneboog
  • The effect of merger laws on merger activity : international evidence / Arturo Bris, Christos Cabolis, and Vanessa Janowski
  • The governance motive in cross-border mergers and acquisitions / Stefano Rossi and Paolo Volpin
  • Corporate governance convergence through cross-border mergers : the case of Aventis / Arturo Bris and Christos Cabolis
  • Whither hostility? / William W. Bratton
  • Corporate governance and acquisitions : acquirer wealth effects in the Netherlands / Abe de Jong, Marieke van der Poel, and Michiel Wolfswinkel
  • European Union takeover regulation and the one-share one-vote controversy / Arman Khachaturyan and Joseph A. McCahery
  • Opportunities in the merger and acquisition aftermarket : squeezing out and selling out / Christoph Van der Elst and Lientje Van den Steen
  • Valuation methods and German merger practice / Wolfgang Breuer, Martin Jonas, and Klaus Mark
  • Share buybacks, institutional investors, and corporate control / Paul U. Ali