Mergers and acquisitions : a study of gains to shareholders of bidding firms.

• Main Authors: Foo, Cui Min., Huang, Ziqian., Kwok, Wan Yan.
• Other Authors: Aw Ee Ling, Grace
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Mergers and acquisitions
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/21205
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Firms have long since engage in mergers and acquisitions for various reasons ranging from expansion to risk diversification. Bidding firms have not reported significant gains in stock prices in such investment strategies, which leads us to ponder why do they still engage in such. This paper aims to...