To build or buy? : the asset growth effect on organic and inorganic growth.

• Main Authors: Chow, Jerome Ken Wen., Fong, Poh Loong., Ng, Jun Zhe.
• Other Authors: Angie Low An Chee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Mergers and acquisitions
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48322
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

How will companies benefit from organic growth versus undertaking merger and acquisitions? This question is largely unanswered in the organizational growth literature. This paper studied the effect of undertaking both approaches on the stock performance of US firms. We tested for firm-level asset in...