An analysis of the impact of selected predictors for cross-border M&A activity within the European area

Alexandra Chapcakova (), Jaroslava Heckova (), Miroslav Gombár (), Štefan Gavura () and Dagmara Ratnayake Kascakova ()
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Alexandra Chapcakova: University of Prešov, Slovakia
Jaroslava Heckova: University of Prešov, Slovakia
Miroslav Gombár: University of Prešov, Slovakia
Štefan Gavura: Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Dagmara Ratnayake Kascakova: University of Prešov, Slovakia

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2022, vol. 10, issue 2, 176-188

Abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of European M&A activity from 1998-2021. It examines trends and drivers of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, examining how European integration has affected M&A activity and the critical characteristics of M&As in the European Area. The ambition is to contribute to the existing literature on M&A activity in Europe. The paper aims to analyze the impact of advancing integration processes in Europe through our selected predictors on capital reallocation through cross-border M&As as a whole and also separately in the manufacturing sector and the service sector in the examined period in the countries of the European area through a generalized regression model and identify peculiarities in both industries. To achieve this goal, we investigated a new dataset of all completed M&A between 1998 and 2021 in 19 sources and 28 target countries of the European Area.

Keywords: European Union; European Monetary Union; cross-border mergers; cross-border acquisitions; manufacturing sector; service sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F21 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2022.10.2(11)

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