The Impact of Acquisitions on Operating Performance: Some Australian Evidence

By D. Sharma, Jonathan C. Ho. 2002

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Subfields: Accounting, Strategy and Management

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In Accounting

1. Luc Renneboog
2. M. Martynova
3. Phillip J. McKnight
4. C. Weir
5. Lan Gao
6. Fang Tao
7. S.F. Oosting
8. Enjun Xia

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1. Luc Renneboog
2. M. Martynova
3. Lan Gao
4. Fang Tao
5. S.F. Oosting
6. C. Weir
7. Enjun Xia
8. Xiaohui Liu

Citations in the corpus

• Post‐merger corporate performance: an Indian perspective (2009, unknown): “Some evidences of decline in post-merger profitability were found in a study of 36 firms (Sharma and Ho, 2002).”
• The Long-Term Operating Performance of European Mergers and Acquisitions (2006, background): “4 Industry relatedness: focus versus diversification strategy A number empirical studies is dedicated to the analysis of whether the relatedness of the merging firms’ businesses is associated with higher post-merger profitability (see e.g. Powell and Stark, 2005; Linn and Switzer, 2001; Switzer, 199”
• Do cross-border mergers and acquisitions increase short-term market performance? The case of Chinese firms (2017, background): “Despite the rapid pace and increasing importance of cross-border M&As by Chinese firms, existing research has predominantly focused on M&As undertaken by firms from developed countries (Ghosh, 2001; Kruse, et al., 2007; Martynova & Renneboog, 2008; Pazarskis, et al., 2006; Sharma & Ho, 2002).”
• How Swiss small and medium-sized firms assess the performance impact of mergers and acquisitions (2013, unknown): “Unrelated M&As are less likely to succeed because managers of the acquiring firm are not familiar with the target industry (see Agrawal et al. 1992, Sharma and Ho 2002, Dutta and Jog 2009).”
• Agency costs, corporate governance mechanisms and ownership structure in large UK publicly quoted companies: A panel data analysis (2009, background): “Accounting studies such as Ravenscraft and Scherer (1987), Dickerson, Gibson, and Tsakalotos (1997) and Sharma and Ho (2002) also show poorer post-acquisition performance.”