Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions in Healthcare Industry-Evidence from Taiwan and China

• Main Authors: Chien-Hsiu Weng, 翁乾修
• Other Authors: 盧秋玲
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6r6qz5

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 國際企業學研究所 === 103 === Our aim in this study is to investigate whether industry relatedness effect the M&A performance. A sample of 244 M&A events of healthcare industry from Year 2002-2012 in China and Taiwan are selected and examined for post-merger abnormal return and operation performance. Our results show that Shanghai Stock Exchange listed acquires have a higher return performance than Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Taiwan Stock Exchange listed acquirers in both short-term and long-term. For investigating whether industry relatedness affect the operating performance of firm M&A, we create a classified method to determine relatedness between acquirer and target firm in healthcare industry. The results show that relatedness has a significantly positive effect on long term ROA performance for acquirer whereas the previous method using the first two digits of SIC code does not provide a significant positive result. Further, we find that financial performance is improved through a frequent acquisitions in healthcare industry in the long term. Our evidence also suggest that firm size and cash flow ratio are positively related to the M&A long-term performance in the healthcare industry.