Mergers and Acquisitions by Digital Technology Giants

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Sternal
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Market Environment ◽  
Publicly Traded ◽  
Publicly Traded Companies ◽  
Information Systems Strategy ◽  
Different Types

Digital technology giants dominate the list of the largest publicly traded companies worldwide. This book analyses mergers and acquisitions by these firms from three perspectives—it examines the effect of such activity on the value of the acquirer and on the value of different groups of rivals, and compares it with the effect of other firms’ acquisitions. The author integrates research from finance, information systems, strategy and economics, and investigates the aforementioned value effects on different types of companies. He identifies factors that drive value creation and discusses them in relation to the market environment, digital giants’ special role and potential managerial motives.

Deal Structures

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kershaw
Keyword(s):  
Third Party ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Publicly Traded ◽  
Publicly Traded Companies ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Control Schemes ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject

This Chapter considers the nature and characteristics of different deal structures: the different ways in which a control transaction can be effected. It commences with an analysis of asset deals, which - although we do not encounter in the context of the takeovers of publicly traded companies which are the subject of this book – assist in understanding the nature of other deal structures as well as understanding the ways in which deal risk can be managed and, to a limited but important extent, assist in understanding certain Code rules. The Chapter then considers direct share offers (otherwise known as contractual offers). It analyses their structure as well as the corporate, Listing Rule and third party approvals required to effect a share deal. It also considers the use of compulsory acquisition powers to acquire all the shares in the company following the contractual offer. The Chapter then considers the use of Schemes of Arrangements in control transactions. It details the different types of control schemes, namely transfer schemes and merger schemes, and considers their advantages and disadvantages as compared to contractual offers. It analyses the different stages of the scheme process and the role of the courts in each stage. The final part of the Chapter considers the operation of the UK’s cross border merger regime, introduced to implement the European Union’s Cross Border Mergers Directive.

scholarly journals The Relevance of the Informational Content of Book-Tax Differences for Predicting Future Income: Evidence from Latin American Countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (70) ◽  
pp. 29-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Vieira Cunha Marques ◽  
Patrícia de Souza Costa ◽  
Pablo Rogers Silva
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Publicly Traded ◽  
Publicly Traded Companies ◽  
Future Earnings ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Future Income ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

This study aims to investigate whether the different types of book-tax differences are useful for predicting the future income of publicly traded companies in five Latin American countries. This is possible since these differences convey information about transitory components of income, which can be used by investors for predicting future income. However, little is known about the relationship between tax variables and companies' future results. The sample analyzed here is composed of 580 publicly traded companies from five Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru) with information available in the Economatica(r) database covering 2002 to 2013. In terms of methodology, regressions are employed in order to find a connection between the different types (total, permanent, temporary, and the negative and positive variations) of book-tax differences and companies' current and future earnings per share, as well as some control variables suggested by previous literature. The model's coefficients were estimated through panel data techniques: fixed effects. The results obtained suggest that the information gathered in the different types of book-tax differences (total, permanent, temporary, positive and negative variations) is relevant in predicting future income. Total, permanent and temporary differences contribute to the uncertainty in future income prediction, given that results are more transitory and less persistent in years with higher book-tax differences. Positive and negative variations, on the other hand, attribute higher income in coming years to greater variations in book-tax differences, representing increased timeliness of results and a reduction in off balance sheet funding for the publicly traded companies from these countries.

Boards of directors in Russian publicly traded companies: the gender aspect

2018 ◽  
pp. 142-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Garanina ◽  
A. A. Muravyev
Keyword(s):  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
Publicly Traded ◽  
Publicly Traded Companies ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Female Directors ◽  
Female Director ◽  
Gender Aspect ◽  
Longitudinal Dataset

This article studies the gender composition of corporate boards of Russian companies, including its relation to company performance. The analysis is based on a unique longitudinal dataset of virtually all Russian companies whose shares were traded on the stock market in 1998-2014. It shows a relatively small representation of women, just 12% of all the seats, while about 40% of the companies did not have any female director. At the same time, both the share of companies that appoint female directors and the share of female directors on boards show a clear upward trend. The econometric analysis suggests a positive link between the presence of female directors on boards and company performance, especially when firms appoint several, rather than one, female directors.

The Market Value and Reputational Effects from Lost Confidential Information

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph K. Tanimura ◽  
Eric W. Wehrly
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Direct Costs ◽  
Publicly Traded ◽  
Confidential Information ◽  
Publicly Traded Companies ◽  
Security Breaches ◽  
Customer Information ◽  
Employee Information

According to many business publications, firms that experience information security breaches suffer substantial reputational penalties. This paper examines incidents in which confidential information, for a firms customers or employees, is stolen from or lost by publicly traded companies. Firms that experience such breaches suffer statistically significant losses in the market value of their equity. On the whole, the data indicate that these losses are of similar magnitudes to the direct costs. Thus, direct costs, and not reputational penalties, are the primary deterrents to information security breaches. Contrary to many published assertions, on average, firms that lose customer information do not suffer reputational penalties. However, when firms lose employee information, we find significant reputational penalties.

scholarly journals Project Narratives That Potentially Perform and Change the Future

2021 ◽  
pp. 875697282199534
Author(s):  
Natalya Sergeeva ◽  
Graham M. Winch
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Future ◽  
Organizational Narrative ◽  
Project Life ◽  
Future Project

This article develops a framework for applying organizational narrative theory to understand project narratives that potentially perform and change the future. Project narratives are temporal but often get repeated throughout the project life cycle to stabilize meaning, and could be about project mission, vision, identity, value creation, and so forth. Project narratives have important implications for organizational identity and image crafting. This article differentiates among different types of project narratives in relation to a project life cycle, providing case studies of project narratives on three major UK rail projects. We then set out the future research agenda into project narrative work.

Valuation of Stock Options of Non‐Publicly Traded Companies

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Cron ◽  
Randall B. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Stock Options ◽  
Publicly Traded ◽  
Publicly Traded Companies
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