Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) are important strategic business options for corporations. Yet, the understanding of industry-specific drivers of M&A transactions is more than limited. Characterized by h
Written as the author's doctoral thesis in corporate finance at the Technische U. Darmstadt, Germany, this volume investigates the capital market effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for mana
The book sheds light on two closely related and highly relevant governance themes: the composition of supervisory boards and financial expertise as well as ownership structure. The author focuses on t
Despite the growing importance of funds through corporate bonds, most investigations on the short-term effects of certain events on firm value are only conducted for stocks. Thus, research provides an
Bohm (PhD, corporate finance, Technische U. Darmstadt, Germany) present three studies on issues of bank governance and its impact on performance and risk. The first study focuses on the supervisory bo
Identifying a number of existing gaps in the literature on strategic corporate managers in Germany, management consultant Normann presents three essays that investigate the relative importance of Germ
The study offers a contribution to the debate about shareholder wealth creation following corporate restructuring transactions. Including market cycle and industry factors, it provides an analysis of
Offers a comprehensive analysis of insurance intermediaries from a capital markets perspective. This book draws attention to the important trends and developments in the industry and recommends strate
From a capital market perspective, the author analyzes Merger and Acquisitions transactions (M&A) and in-licensings in the pharmaceutical industry between 1998 and 2012. Utilizing the event study meth
This author presents three studies of contemporary minority shareholder activism (for example, when a minority shareholder objects to a company agreeing to a takeover agreement and tries to stop it) i
This study, written as Fraunhoffer's doctoral dissertation while at the chair of corporate finance at Darmstadt U. of Technology, Germany, takes stock of market deregulation in United States and Europ
