1988
DOI: 10.1108/eb039230
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The Acquisition Risk

Abstract: Can you make money through acquisitions? Despite thousands of mergers over the past two decades and scores of economic studies, there is remarkably little good information on this topic. The problem is that we have had little information about the performance of companies before they were acquired and even less about their performance after takeover.

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“…It is also evident, that most companies at one point or another get a new owner. Research on acquisitions usually focuses on large companies (At and Morand, 2003;Davidson, 1988;Hussinger, 2010). When innovative capability or innovativeness is considered in the acquisition literature, it is usually done from the perspective of a large firm acquiring a small, innovative unit (Ahuja & Katila, 2001;Christensen, 2006;de Man & Duyster, 2005).…”
Section: Why Innovativeness Successions and Smesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is also evident, that most companies at one point or another get a new owner. Research on acquisitions usually focuses on large companies (At and Morand, 2003;Davidson, 1988;Hussinger, 2010). When innovative capability or innovativeness is considered in the acquisition literature, it is usually done from the perspective of a large firm acquiring a small, innovative unit (Ahuja & Katila, 2001;Christensen, 2006;de Man & Duyster, 2005).…”
Section: Why Innovativeness Successions and Smesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research on acquisitions usually focuses on large companies, while the literature on SME acquisitions remains limited (At & Morand, 2003;Davidson, 1998;Hussinger, 2010). Small firms are sometimes seen as targets being taken over by large companies, where the acquired party is often a newly established firm (Ahuja & Katila, 2001;Christensen, 2006;de Man & Duysters, 2005).…”
Section: Succession In Smes and Family-owned Businessesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is related to the synergy of acquisition results that can be formed in a relatively short time. In the long run, the impact of synergy begins to fade and issues arising from the acquisition show an impact on stock performance (Davidson, 1988;Datta, 1991).…”
Section: Figure 1 Caar36 Of Acquisition Inter-group Financing Othementioning
confidence: 99%