This paper discusses acquisitions of distressed and bankrupt concerns. It starts with a description of the different types of targets (healthy, distressed, bankrupt) and provides insightful comparisons of deal and firm characteristics using the above classification, while recognizing the...

"Since Intelligent M&A was released in June 2007, the short and final chapter on How to survive a merger has received a lot of attention and the information provided therein appears to be robust enough to withstand that attention. Therefore, the proposed book will build on the organisation of...

Using a unique and proprietary database of Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions into the UK from 2012 to early 2016, this paper investigates the short-term performance of UK cross-border mergers and acquisitions acquired by Chinese publicly-listed companies. Using event study analysis...