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Why Companies Decide to Participate in Mergers and Acquisition Transactions

Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The article describes the most common motives for companies’ decision to participate in mergers and acquisitions’ transactions. It underlines the importance of the growth factor, whereas the following factors – namely, synergy, diversification and so on – just support the growth motive. Since mergers and acquisitions involve two different parties – the buyer and the seller – the examples of reasons from both perspectives are provided too.
Language: English
Subfield: Accounting
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1540860657
FWCI: 2.27
Cites: 5
Cited by: 16
Related to: 10