BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: M&A
- mergers and acquisitions
Additional Resources
- Synergy Effects Of Domestic And International M&A
- This paper examines the productivity effects of domestic and international Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Since firms choose to engage in domestic and international M&A activities, it is important to control for M&A destinations and the endogeneity of M&A. By controlling for the selectivity bias, the authors found that productivity gains...
- White papers 2006-06-19
- Poll: Microsoft's "I'm a PC" Ads
- I used to be a PC person, and I'm writing this post on a PC. But that's only because I'm waiting for a new Mac to be delivered. I switched over three years ago. The dirty secret of switching over, if you care, is that Macs are just as frustrating...
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- 2007: The Year of Enterprise M&A
- Â Â Â +Â Â Â First week of the new year, and we have a nice-sized ($830M) acquisition of IronPort Systems by Cisco. Heres a link to the press release.All Hail The Return Of The Enterprise M&A Market!OK. So, maybe Im a bit premature with my celebration& But, I dont think so.IronPort got...
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- Making M&A Pay: Lessons From The World's Most Successful Acquirers
- "Mergers and acquisitions have been an important strategic tool for well over a century. As regulatory changes prepare the ground for a new M&A wave, this paper challenges the anti-M&A bias created by the media's tendency to judge the takeover system by the performance of an average (and in...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A Primer On Middle-Market M&A
- When one thinks of mergers and acquisition ("M&A"), images of the large deals that are prominently featured in both the financial publications and the general media come to mind. But for every high profile M&A transaction involving well known, publicly traded companies, there are dozens of lower profile transactions done...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Protect Your Deals With M&A Insurance
- Despite economic uncertainty, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) continue to advance. However, the risks involved, from hidden liabilities, to tax treatment, to valuation surprises, make M&A increasingly dangerous. Insurance can translate a future, contingent liability into a present premium. In M&A it can allow both parties to walk away after the...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Why HR Can Make or Break Your M&A
- In 2001, an admittedly sluggish year for mergers and acquisitions, the global financial services industry undertook Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) valued at more than $100 billion, placing it among the top 10 industries in M&A activity. Unfortunately, many mergers and acquisitions fail to meet their objectives, which are typically to...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- M.A. Hanna Gets Award.
- M.A. HANNA COMPANY has received a gold award from Eastman Kodak Company as part of Kodak's Quality First Supplier Program. The award signifies outstanding performance by M.A. Hanna as a key supplier to Kodak of consistently ... M.A. HANNA COMPANY has received a gold...
- Research articles 1999-08-23
- M.A.C Viva Glam V Spokesperson, Missy Elliott, Presented MTV's Staying Alive Foundation With a Cheque for US$30,000 on Behalf of the M.A.C AIDS Fund.
- LONDON, November 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Multiple Grammy Award winner & M.A.C Viva Glam V spokesperson Missy Elliott, took time out ahead of her concert at the Hammersmith Apollo in London to present a US$30,000 cheque on behalf of the M.A.C AIDS ...
- Research articles 2005-11-28
- M&A news
- 19961st Half M & A Up 27% The dollar value of M & A announcements for the first 6 months of 1996 are up 27% over the same period for 1995 according to Securities Data Corporation. The value of M & A announcements totaled $4926 billion in the first half...
- Research articles 1996-07-22
- Time to Slow Down? - M&A and the US Economy
- The pace of M&A activity has been impressive recently, and analysts have predicted that M&A deal activity will reach record levels by the end of 2006. One factor that may change the rate of deal activity is a general slowdown in the US economy. Ready spending capital, created by strong...
- Research articles 2006-12-04
- M/A-COM's P25 selected by U.S. Army bases.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
- M/A-COM, Inc. has been awarded two separate contracts by the U.S. Army for [P25.sup.IP] Land Mobile Radio communications systems. The U.S. Army CECOM Acquisition Center awarded M/A-COM a $2.4 million contract for Fort Sill, OK, for a UHF Project 25 Internet Protocol (1P) Trunked Land Mobile...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Edwards will sign book in P.A.M.A space.(Elizabeth Edwards)(Brief article)
- Staff High Point-- Elizabeth Edwards, author, cancer survivor and wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, will appear at market on Wednesday, March 28, to sign copies of her book, "Saving Graces." She will be in the P.A.M.A. Furniture space, Market...
- Research articles 2007-03-26
- M/A-COM schedules Special Meeting of Stockholders
- LOWELL, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 5, 1995--M/A-COM, Inc. (NYSE:MAI) has scheduled June 30, 1995 at 10:00 a.m. for its Special Meeting of Stockholders to vote on the proposed merger between M/A-COM, Inc. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMP Incorporated.The meeting will be held at 1011 Pawtucket Boulevard, Lowell, Massachusetts. M/A-COM, Inc....
- Research articles 1995-06-05
- M.A.I.D reports increase in share holding
- CARY, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 16, 1997--M.A.I.D plc (NASDAQ:MAIDY) today reported that following the acquisition of an additional 250,000 ordinary shares and the aggregation of ordinary shares held in American Depositary Receipt Form in M.A.I.D plc, the Shell Petroleum Company Limited now holds a beneficial interest in 6,348,100 ordinary shares representing 6.8%...
- Research articles 1997-04-16
- M.A.I.D plc - Increase in Substantial Interests Over Ordinary Shares
- LONDON--BUSINESS WIRE--July 4, 1997--M.A.I.D plc (NASDAQ:MAIDY) today reported that following the acquisition of an additional 35,800 ordinary shares in M.A.I.D plc, Fidelity Management & Research Corporation and Fidelity International Limited and their direct and indirect subsidiaries now hold a combined interest in 4,686,335 ordinary shares representing 5.03% of the issued...
- Research articles 1997-07-04
- Hanna Targets Canadian Market With New Unit.(M.A. HANNA RESIN Distribution creates Canadian subsidiary M.A. Hanna Resin Distribution Canada)
- MA. HANNA RESIN Distribution is bolstering its North American presence by expanding into Canada. The company unveiled plans to form a new Toronto-based business unit at the Plast-Ex '98 trade show in Mississauga, Ontario, last week. The new unit, dubbed M.A. Hanna Resin Distribution...
- Research articles 1998-05-18
- Company Profile for M.A.R.S. International, Inc
- M.A.R.S. International is the national leader in appearance reconditioning, ranked #1 in the Automotive category by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2006. M.A.R.S. is the National Independent Auto Dealers Association's NIADA only preferred provider of automotive reconditioning services. Certified M.A.R.S. Operators have been providing appearance reconditioning to dealers, wholesalers, and the general...
- Research articles 2006-06-30
- Turning Deal Smarts Into M&A Payoffs: Frequent Buyers Usually Score The Best Deals, Provided That They Add Skills In Each Transaction
- The common queries regarding M&A can work for the companies are: the common denominators of companies that are M&A winners, the way successful firms organize and approach deal-making, and the transferability of methods. Some key findings: bank on experience, think small, do not assume home runs, buy in fair and...
- White papers 2003-01-09
- Empirical Tests Of M&A Performance
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are the order of the day among new age companies. There are several factors to be kept in mind while effecting an M&A deal. The paper talks about the empirical tests in order to evaluate the performance of an M&A deal. These tests provide guidelines to...
- Presentations 2001-01-01
