Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: Characteristics, Impacts, and Countermeasures

Author: Luo Zhaohong / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: In the late years of the 20th century, the rapid development of cross-border mergers and acquisitions made the new investments of multinational corporations, which had dominated the investment field for decades, seem. For a time, scholars, economists, and policymakers worldwide regarded cross-border mergers and acquisitions as a hot topic. The authors of this book analyze and summarize the causes, industry distribution, and major cross-border merger and acquisition cases of this surge in cross-border M&A. Additionally, they incorporate the mergers and reorganizations of transition countries into their research, which is relatively rare in similar studies in China. The book focuses on examining the impact of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on developing countries, particularly large developing countries like China. It provides a detailed analysis of the positive and negative effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on the market structure and industrial competitiveness of developing countries, as well as the channels through which these effects occur. The book also proposes some ideas for coping with these challenges. Furthermore, it conducts a relatively thorough analysis of post-merger integration issues, which is another feature of this research topic.