mechanisms. We combine deal-level data on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for the period 2007-2022 with information ….0 percent in the number of M&A in a newly screened sector. The effects are driven by minority acquisitions and deals involving a …

We analyze the dynamics of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the United States (US) and Germany in the 2000s, drawing … transaction data from 2000 to 2023 and qualitative insights from semi-structured interviews with 28 M&A professionals, we … investigate how firm characteristics and institutional frameworks drive M&A activity in both countries. We confirm VoC …

find an increasing importance of M&A at the firm level, this development is not fully captured in the national accounts due …

proven business model that carries less risk." Using the Kauffman Firm Survey, we examine the survival patterns and M&A exit …. Our study provides unique results on the likelihood of survival and M&A exit of franchises relative to other startups … is an M&A exit, the results show that franchises are 2.77 times more likely to exit via M&A than independent businesses …