Merger and acquisition is a management strategy for corporate restructuring in which consolidation of companies can result in rapid business growth. The paper aims to analyze the impact of merger and acquisition on the financial performance of the business organizations in the technology sector. Therefore, the nine NASDAQ listed technology companies have been selected for this study. The financial data has been collected from the SEC, NASDAQ, and annual reports of the companies. The total study period comprises of twenty-two years ranging from 1996 to 2017. The statistical tool, Independent sample t-test, is applied on the fourteen financial ratios for four years before the merger and four years after the merger. The results of the paper show, that there is an improvement in liquidity, efficiency, and profitability, whereas the leverage ratio has deteriorated during post-acquisition. The study further examines that the profitability ratios are found to be accompanied by a more significant increase than a significant decrease in profitability ratios, and liquidity ratios found to decrease significantly more than significantly increased liquidity ratios. The cash flow has only increased significantly, whereas the leverage ratio has decreased significantly. However, the significant increase and decrease has remained equal in efficiency ratios during the post-acquisition period. In conclusion, the merger and acquisition has improved the overall financial performance. However, profitability and cash flow significantly increased, and leverage and liquidity ratios significantly declined. Contribution/Originality: This study is one of the very few studies which have investigated the significant effect of the implementation of merger and acquisition strategy on the financial performance of the listed technology firms in NASDAQ over the period from 1996 to 2017.
The paper aims to examine the impact of fundamental factors on the share price of the companies in the sector of technology. Therefore, the study has selected eighteen micro-size technology companies listed in NASDAQ with a market capitalization between $50 million and $300 million. The data have been obtained from these companies' annual reports, NASDAQ, and SEC ranging from 2015 to 2019. The study evaluates the influence of firm size, earning per share, debt equity ratio, current ratio, operating cash flow ratio, return on equity, assets turnover ratio, return on assets, and the net profit margin on the share price of the selected companies. Moreover, the study uses multiple regression analysis, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, normality, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation test to find the effect of predictor variables on the share price. The results show that the operating cash flow ratio has a positive insignificant effect while debt equity ratio, net profit margin, and return on equity have a negative insignificant impact on the share price. However, return on assets, earning per share, and firm size have a positive significant relationship with share price, whereas the current ratio and the asset turnover ratio have a negative significant relationship with the share price. In conclusion, although the variables have a more negative insignificant effect than the positive insignificant impact on the share price, the variables have a more positive significant effect than a negative significant influence. Overall, the fundamental factors collectively have a significant impact on the share price of the experimented companies. Contribution/Originality:This study is one of the very few studies which have investigated the effect of the fundamental factors on the share price of the eighteen micro-size technology companies listed in NASDAQ over the period from 2015 to 2019.
The paper aims to review the literature on the influence of Shareholder Activism on firm performance including share price, financial performance, corporate governance, and innovation. Many studies have been reviewed to find the relationship between the identified constructs. For this purpose, the review methodology has been used to go through the literature relating to the impact of Shareholder Activism on Firm Performance over the period ranging from 2000 to 2021. Furthermore, the study concludes that shareholder activism significantly affects how well a company performs. However, studies claim that shareholder activism has a favorable impact on a company's performance, while other scholars claim that it has a detrimental effect. However, some researchers have found that the influence is minimal. Moreover, firm performance can be enhanced if a firm's management works in collaboration with activist investors.
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