The M&A Phenomenon

Ottorino Morresi () and Alberto Pezzi

Chapter Chapter 1 in Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions, 2014, pp 1-83 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) can conventionally be defined as the purchase of entire companies or their specific assets by another company. M&A transactions therefore imply that existing assets are combined in a new shape. In a frictionless world, asset recombination occurs whenever corporate assets are not used in the best possible way. The new asset combination should therefore be more productive than the old one. This means that corporate assets should be channeled toward those combinations that assure their highest productivity. Put differently, the combination of two or more assets should be more valuable than the sum of its parts. M&As have their theoretical foundation in three well-recognized theories: neoclassical theory, redistribution theory, and behavioral theory.

Keywords: European Union; Corporate Governance; Private Equity; Horizontal Merger; Merger Control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137357625_1

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