Family business literature is oriented toward intra-family succession as the preferred way to transfer businesses. However, when it comes to family business sales, neither the family business nor the acquisition literature provides sufficient knowledge about the sales process. This study aims to...

This study analyzes the development and determinants of control premiums in mergers and acquisitions in the European market from 2009 to 2022 (i.e., stock volatility, liquidity via money supply, sectoral growth, transaction volume, market capitalization, free cash flows, presence of a toehold,...

We develop a theory of digital ecosystems built on the premise that a multi-market firm can steer users it has in one market toward its products in other markets. Due to this “cross-market leverage,” a leader in an “access-point” market (where users begin their online journeys) derives a...

We develop a model of digital ecosystems based on the assumption that a multimarket firm can use a sale in or data from one market to steer users toward its products in other markets. Due to this "cross-market leverage," a market leader at an "access point" (where users begin their online...

Die Unternehmensdemografie betrachtet das Gründungs- und Schließungsgeschehen von Unternehmen sowie deren Bestand am Markt. Diese Informationen wurden um die Handwerkseigenschaft erweitert und für diese Gruppe von Unternehmen ausgewertet. Neben den Ergebnissen zu Gründungen und Schließungen...

Efficiency refers to the performance level corresponding to using minimal inputs to achieve the maximum possible outputs. Despite its importance to the Canadian economy, such performance assessments has rarely been undertaken in the hardware retail industry in recent years. We present the...

Die Unternehmensdemografie betrachtet das Gründungs- und Schließungsgeschehen von Unternehmen sowie deren Bestand am Markt. Diese Informationen wurden um die Handwerkseigenschaft erweitert und für diese Gruppe von Unternehmen ausgewertet. Neben den Ergebnissen zu Gründungen und Schließungen...

We investigate the impact of mergers on R&D incentives within a framework of R&D competition where effort can influence both the probability of innovation and the payoff conditional on success. Our framework nests the results of two classes of existing models and reveals assumptions that are...

This study proposes a novel attention-based deep neural network (AttDNN) model specifically designed for predicting mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The model extends existing deep learning frameworks by incorporating M&A-specific features, regularization layers, and an attention mechanism that...

Objective: This study examines the competitive and collaborative dynamics between entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA) and small- and micro-cap private equity (PE) in acquiring small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Focusing on the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), it...

This study examines whether targets' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance is associated with acquirers' post-merger ESG outcomes and market valuation over the merger year and the subsequent two years. We treat controversies-adjusted ESG scores (ESGC) as outcome-based...

This paper reviews the empirical literature on performance persistence in private equity (PE). It argues that observed persistence reflects three interacting forces: managerial skill, structural advantages, and measurement artefacts. It compares findings across return metrics, units of analysis,...

Over the past two decades, large technology firms have evolved into complex digital ecosystems operating across multiple, interconnected markets. This transformation has been driven not only by internal innovation, but also by extensive merger and acquisition activity, much of which has taken...

I evaluate the competitive effects of four major U.S. airline mergers (2008-2013) using a continuous difference-in-differences model. Standard merger retrospectives typically rely on binary treatment classifications that collapse important variation in competitive exposure. I construct three...

Motivated by the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, this study explores whether mergers and acquisitions (M&As) can facilitate or impede a firm's marketing capabilities. Furthermore, this study also examines whether the influence of M&As on a firm's marketing capabilities is conditional to...

The social performance (SP) of a firm is associated with many positive organizational outcomes. Nonetheless, little is known about the effect of the SP of a multinational enterprise (MNE) on the likelihood of cross-border acquisition completion (CBAC). Investigating the link between MNEs' SP and...

We investigate whether strengthened legal protection of trade secrets increases the likelihood of a firm being acquired. Stronger protection can make a firm more attractive for acquisition due to better safeguarding of trade secrets, but it may also increase information asymmetries that...

This thesis represents a qualitative study analyzing a comprehensive interview dataset of long-standing target executives, investment bankers, and activist specialists to improve our understanding of the effects of hedge fund activism on target firms. Hedge funds possess a broad set of tools to...

Purpose - This paper investigates whether disclosure quality and a history of overpaying for acquisitions are associated with differences in the value-relevance of gains on bargain purchase with high disclosure prominence. Design/methodology/approach - Findings are from multivariate regression...