Mergers and acquisition trends in Europe |
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Authors: | Isabel Martínez Torre-Enciso Javier Bilbao García |
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Affiliation: | (1) Universidad San Pablo CEU, Spain;(2) Saint Thomas University of Florida, Spain |
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Abstract: | The research revises, in a first step, the different European waves of mergers and acquisitions and their differences with the American waves. Mergers and acquisitions are defined as an important corporate restructuring method with four main different ways to make them. The body of this paper analyzes the merger and acquisition situation in 1994 in Europe compared with the situation in previous years. Mergers and acquisitions activity in major European countries in 1993 and 1994, various volume transactions in mergers and acquisitions activity, cross-border deals in Europe between 1989 and 1994, and the big buyers in cross-border deals in 1994 are analyzed. The paper also emphasizes the different characteristics and their evolution. |
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