Author : Loubna Mahmoud Ghanem
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Total Pages : 120 pages
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Book Synopsis Strategic Motives Behind Mergers & Acquisitions and Their Effect on Performance by : Loubna Mahmoud Ghanem
Download or read book Strategic Motives Behind Mergers & Acquisitions and Their Effect on Performance written by Loubna Mahmoud Ghanem and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mergers and Acquisitions (M & As) constitute a major economic activity, yet prior research shows that acquirers experience roughly low returns as a result of acqu isitions. Prior research distinguishes between various economic incentives that trigger takeover activities and that are believed to affect the post-performance of merged entities. This includes value-enhancing mergers (motivated by synergy or strategic realignment), value-reducing mergers (motivated by agency or hubri s), those motivated by diversification and showing contradictory results on corp orate value. This paper examines the effect of M & As' motives on the market performance of acq uirers during the one-year period subsequent to announcing the deal. It refers t o a hand collected data that identifies the various motives of an M & A deal: (i) synergy, (ii) diversification, (iii) strategic realignment, and (iv) market powe r, for a total sample studied of 98 deals announced in 2005 in the USA market. O verall, our results indicate a significant positive relationship between synergy and market performance. However, there is a negative and significant relationsh ip between diversification and performance. Thus, we conclude that synergy creat es corporate value while diversification destroys it. As for strategic realignme nt and market power, we fail to find significant relationships.