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Mergers and Acquisitions in the Machinery Industry - Schriften zum Europaischen Management Florian Geiger 2010 edition
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Machinery Industry - Schriften zum Europaischen Management
Florian Geiger
Which motives initiate managers to merge or to acquire other corporations? While there is a long-lasting history of empirical research on M&A in a cross-industry context, our knowledge about industry specific drivers of M&A is more than limited. Given this background, the machinery industry is an attractive segment to address questions on M&A motives ? as it is on the one hand a very fragmented industry and on the other hand a bundle of in some parts highly consolidated sub-industries. In his thesis, Mr. Geiger makes an effort to answer the question why firms in the machinery industry follow M&A strategies and how successful they are in their transactions. This is not only a remarkable endeavour because Mr. Geiger uses some hand selected unique datasets, but in particular, because he presents state-of-the-art analyses which are competitive and meet highest international standards. The thesis on hand carefully identifies and addresses open research questions related to M&A strategies in a very specific industry. Its primary objective was to identify M&A motives for different types of companies in various sub-segments of the machinery industry by analyzing stock price and accounting data. Thusly objectifying managerial action allows deriving recommendations for financing practice.
130 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 24 black & white tables, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 28, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9783834922939 |
| Publishers | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden |
| Pages | 130 |
| Dimensions | 148 × 210 × 8 mm · 185 g |
| Language | English German |