Publication detail

Motives for Mergers and Acquisitions

PĚTA, J. REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M.

Original Title

Motives for Mergers and Acquisitions

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

It is a commonly held view that large companies are the decisive force in every economy. One of corporate growth strategies are mergers and acquisitions. Although some authors believe their development closely correlates with the development of the GDP, the number of transactions world-wide has grown continuously except slight dips in 2009 and in 2012 -2013. The average value of executed transactions has also grown. This paper looks into the motives for mergers and acquisitions. The authors analyze and systemize information about past mergers and acquisitions in terms of their motivation. The research conducted shows that in many cases it is not possible to unambiguously pinpoint the motive, or distinguish among individual motives at play. The performed analysis and systemization of findings, which are the main methodological tools of research in business and management, nevertheless help create new knowledge in the field of mergers and acquisitions.

Keywords

mergers and acquisitions, tax motivation, synergy, motive of efficiency

Authors

PĚTA, J.; REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M.

RIV year

2015

Released

23. 4. 2015

Publisher

UTB Zlín

Location

Zlín

ISBN

978-80-7454-482-8

Book

Finance and the Performance of firms in Science, Education and Practice

Edition

2015

Edition number

7

Pages from

1188

Pages to

1197

Pages count

10

URL

http://www.ufu.utb.cz/konference/sbornik2015.pdf

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT114296,
  author="Jan {Pěta} and Mária {Režňáková}",
  title="Motives for Mergers and Acquisitions",
  booktitle="Finance and the Performance of firms in Science, Education and Practice",
  year="2015",
  series="2015",
  number="7",
  pages="1188--1197",
  publisher="UTB Zlín",
  address="Zlín",
  isbn="978-80-7454-482-8",
  url="http://www.ufu.utb.cz/konference/sbornik2015.pdf"
}