Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on Firms Performance: Evidence from the US Biopharmaceutical Companies

This study is based on 356 completed takeovers in pharma and biotech industries from 1996 to 2012, results of the overall sample suggest that acquirers in the US fail to realise significant announcement period returns. However, some sub-samples (grouped by their respective transaction-specific attri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Qiu, Zuolun
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29871/