Sub-Optimal Acquisition Decisions under a Majority Shareholder System

The high separation of ownership from control achieved through the concurrent use of non-voting shares and stock pyramiding could favor acquisitions made to increase private benefits of the controlling shareholders rather than all shareholders wealth. A standard event study methodology is carried out on three different samples of Italian acquisitions during the 1989–1996 period in order to test this hypothesis. We find evidence that a worse market reaction characterizes acquiring firms with a higher separation of ownership from control, while more value-enhancing transactions are undertaken by those smaller in size and with higher prior-performance. An entrenchment effect seems to determine a significant U-shaped relationship between the market reaction and the ultimate shareholder ownership. When the sample is restricted to acquiring firms with a dual class equity structure we find that non-voting shares report significantly negative excess returns in contrast to significantly higher positive returns for voting shares. Such evidence seems to indicate that the average acquisition has been overpaid, as suggested by the negative market reaction of the non-voting shares, while it was expected to lead to higher private benefits to the majority shareholders, as suggested by the revaluation of the voting shares. Finally, the market reaction to acquisitions made within pyramidal groups seems to indicate that the price is set so as to transfer wealth towards the companies located at the upper levels, where majority shareholders own greater fractions of the companies cash flows.JEL Codes: G34, G14A previous version of this paper was presented at the 1999 EFMA Conference in Paris, 1999 EFA Conference in Helsinki, and 1999 Australasian Banking and Finance Conference in Sydney. We would like to thank for helpful comments and suggestions, in alphabetical order: Lorenzo Caprio, Mara Faccio, Katiuscia Manzoni, Giovanni Siciliano, Sandro Sandri, the two anonymous referees and the editor. We would also like to thank Mara Faccio for providing ownership data. All remaining errors are ours.     

The Characteristics of Takeover Targets: The Spanish Experience 1991–1997

In this paper we analyse the characteristicspresented by Spanish firms that have been thesubject of takeover bids that allow them to bedifferentiated from other firms. To that end,we use a sample made-up of 69 non-financialfirms that were the subject of takeover bids inSpain during the period 1991–1997, togetherwith a further 69, selected randomly on anindustrial and time basis, that were not. Theresults show that the firms that were subjectto a takeover bid were not, in general,characterised by having lower profitability ora worse market valuation than other firmsoperating in the same sector. This resultmakes it difficult to argue that takeovers inSpain have in their majority been driven bydisciplinary or speculative motives. Bycontrast, certain variables that exert aninfluence over the cost of the transaction,such as the size and the ownership structure ofthe firm, do appear to play a relevant role inthe selection of the target on the part of thebidding firm.     

家族企业盈余稳健性与并购绩效的关系探究——以医药制造业为例

［摘要］选取2011-2013年上市家族企业中的医药制造业的并购事件为研究样本,运用事件研究法以及KW模型分别对企业盈余稳健性与并购绩效进行计量,从融资约束与代理问题两个方面,分析盈余稳健性对家族企业并购绩效的影响。结果证明：家族企业存在的盈余稳健性较弱,而盈余稳健性对并购后的企业短期绩效起到正相关影响,而对长期并购绩效影响不显著。     

全球视角下跨境医疗服务研究述评与展望

本文从跨境医疗研究现状出发,对跨境医疗新趋势进行分析。研究发现关于跨境医疗的研究成果较多基于传统的医疗管理和公共卫生理论与模式。互联网时代跨境医疗的特征和医疗服务模式发生了变革,在这一背景下的相关研究较少。本文系统分析了跨境医疗整体概况及测度研究、驱动机制与服务模式研究成果,有针对性地提炼跨境医疗研究的理论框架,探讨跨境医疗带来的全球医疗资源均等化配置问题,提出新趋势下跨境医疗研究的关键科学问题与相关研究建议。研究成果对于推动国内外学者开展跨境医疗前沿领域研究,贡献全球健康事业有着重要的理论价值和实践意义。     

我国文化企业跨国并购案例分析——万达并购AMC

近年来,随着经济全球化的不断推进,文化已经成为各国合作与竞争中不可忽略的方面,文化企业发展也被提到国家战略高度。并购成为近年来文化企业发展的主题,不论是国有报业集团,还是民营影视企业,都在积极进行资本运作。与此同时,文化产业领域的跨国并购数量也在持续增加。以文化企业现阶段的发展背景为起点,对万达集团并购美国AMC公司的收益和启示进行分析,并针对该案例的问题进行讨论与思考,从而为以后文化企业能够成功进行跨国并购提供参考。     

跨国并购中文化整合的流程设计与模式选择

企业在跨国并购活动中,面临着民族文化与企业文化双重差异的影响和挑战.能否做好文化的整合与创新,直接关系到跨国并购的成败.本文试就文化整合与跨国并购的关系、文化整合的流程设计、模式选择等问题进行探讨,以期对我国企业的跨国并购实践有所启示.     

论跨国公司在华并购投资对我国出口竞争力的影响

国际贸易和国际直接投资是商品和生产要素在国际间流动的结果,因此二者具有十分密切的联系。我国的宏观统计数据和实证研究表明,外资对我国出口竞争力的加强有十分明显的促进作用。随着我国政策限制的解冻,可以预见,跨国公司在华并购投资会逐步成为跨国公司在华投资的主流方式。跨国公司在华并购投资会对我国出口竞争力产生不同的影响。我国需要调整相应的政策,引导跨国并购投资,以促进和提升我国的出口竞争力。     

近代新疆跨国人口流动及其影响

文章以人口流动方式为突破口,结合历史学与社会学的分析方法,在充分掌握前人研究成果的基础之上,再现了近代史上丝绸之路重镇—新疆的频繁的跨国人口流动景象,深刻阐述了人口流动形成的原因及其对新疆社会发展的深远影响。     

中国西南与东南亚跨境民族的形成及其族群认同

中国西南边疆地区与东南亚地区之间的跨境民族是随着中国南部与南亚国家边界的变迁和最后确定以及在这一过程中诸多民族不断迁徙发展而形成的,因此,这一地区的跨境民族在认同各自所居住的国家的同时,许多人又一直对他们的故土保持着一种认同,并与中国境内的相同民族一直保持着密切的联系,这个群体也就成为了联系云南乃至中国与东南亚国家的一条天然纽带。     

跨国并购与公司治理的互动关系研究

20世纪90年代以来,全球跨国并购活动空前活跃,对世界经济产生了深远的影响。跨国并购活动逐渐弱化了各国公司治理的差别,推动了全球公司治理模式的趋同化和合理化,而公司治理模式的趋同化和合理化又进一步便利了跨国并购活动的开展。二者形成了一种相互作用、相互影响的互动发展关系。随着我国入世后对外开放进程的加快,跨国公司对我国企业的并购也会越来越多,这对我国公司治理机制的完善将产生积极的推动作用。我国企业应抓住机遇,努力打造面向世界的规范有效的公司治理模式,为吸引跨国公司的并购投资创造有利条件。