Kathrin Bosecke "Value Creation in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances"
Gabler | English | 2009-08-01 | ISBN: 3834917052 | 192 pages | PDF | 1 MB





Despite their increasing importance as strategic options for corporategrowth mergers, acquisitions, and alliances often fail. Kathrin seckeanalyzes the factors that determine the success, i.e., value creationfor shareholders, of business combinations. Her analysis of 126acquisitions and 66 alliances in the European utility industry providesnew and interested results. For example, the origin of theparticipating firms as well as the target country of the businesscombination can be considered as essential determinants of valuecreation. Furthermore, acquisitions and alliances are better suited tosome markets and regions than others.