The development of predictive models linking target and acquirer companies and their usefulness for theory building.

Takeovers occur between acquirer and target companies. Previous merger research disregards the link formed between takeover pairs. This thesis uses a positive framework and predictive techniques to evaluate the link between acquirers and targets. Models are developed which use financial measures of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, Juliet Louise
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Accounting and Information Systems 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2722