The determinants and survival of reverse mergers versus initial public offerings in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Ramchandani, Krishna H., Santiago, Dianne S., Villacampa, Samantha Joy M., Xu, Jennefer S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Going public (Securities) > Philippines; Consolidation and merger of corporations > Philippines; Accounting
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7866
• Institution: De La Salle University

Over the past several years, the trend of companies going public has been increasing especially that of those undergoing reverse mergers. However, are reverse mergers truly the best way for companies to go public? This research studies the determinants of firms who undergo a reverse merger or IPO, a...