Legal aspects of takeover defence tactics : a comparative analysis between the English and the US systems

The primary objective of this research is to make a critical analysis of the current methods of defences for preventing undue acquisitions of small to medium companies by large companies. Although these defences have been practised by the commercial community for a very long time, it is maintained t...

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Main Author: Huseynov, Elshad
Published: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies 2017
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Law
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737968
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spelling ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-7379682019-01-08T03:21:31ZLegal aspects of takeover defence tactics : a comparative analysis between the English and the US systemsHuseynov, Elshad2017The primary objective of this research is to make a critical analysis of the current methods of defences for preventing undue acquisitions of small to medium companies by large companies. Although these defences have been practised by the commercial community for a very long time, it is maintained that their effectiveness should still be questioned. The protection of the minority shareholders in a company is one of the reasons for using these defences but, in reality, either they are squeezed out or they themselves surrender to the acquiring company. Most of the published works tend to support the current defence tactics, but in this research an attempt has been made to demonstrate how these techniques have become rather ineffective and the means by which they may be strengthened. This research also demonstrates that from a societal standpoint the rationale behind acquisitions should be reviewed. As this process simply creates unemployment and most of the merged companies feel rather uncomfortable after acquisitions and mergers. The issue of the protection of the minority shareholders should be taken very seriously so that small shareholders may be encouraged to contribute to the capital formation process in small to medium size corporate entities. The protection of the minority shareholders should also be considered as a part of the concept of corporate social responsibility.LawInstitute of Advanced Legal Studieshttps://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737968http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/6699/Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Huseynov, Elshad
Legal aspects of takeover defence tactics : a comparative analysis between the English and the US systems
description The primary objective of this research is to make a critical analysis of the current methods of defences for preventing undue acquisitions of small to medium companies by large companies. Although these defences have been practised by the commercial community for a very long time, it is maintained that their effectiveness should still be questioned. The protection of the minority shareholders in a company is one of the reasons for using these defences but, in reality, either they are squeezed out or they themselves surrender to the acquiring company. Most of the published works tend to support the current defence tactics, but in this research an attempt has been made to demonstrate how these techniques have become rather ineffective and the means by which they may be strengthened. This research also demonstrates that from a societal standpoint the rationale behind acquisitions should be reviewed. As this process simply creates unemployment and most of the merged companies feel rather uncomfortable after acquisitions and mergers. The issue of the protection of the minority shareholders should be taken very seriously so that small shareholders may be encouraged to contribute to the capital formation process in small to medium size corporate entities. The protection of the minority shareholders should also be considered as a part of the concept of corporate social responsibility.
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title Legal aspects of takeover defence tactics : a comparative analysis between the English and the US systems
title_short Legal aspects of takeover defence tactics : a comparative analysis between the English and the US systems
title_full Legal aspects of takeover defence tactics : a comparative analysis between the English and the US systems
title_fullStr Legal aspects of takeover defence tactics : a comparative analysis between the English and the US systems
title_full_unstemmed Legal aspects of takeover defence tactics : a comparative analysis between the English and the US systems
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