Impact of Characteristics of Acquiring and Acquired Firms on the Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the acquiring and acquired firms in the context of governance and firm factors on the performance of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) based on the dimensions of Earnings per Share (EPS) and Cumulative Abnormal Return (CAR) growth. Me...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Rasouli Ghahroudi, Soheila Shahidi Asl
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Institute for Management & Planning Studies 2022-03-01
Series:فرایند مدیریت و توسعه
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Online Access:http://jmdp.ir/article-1-4224-en.pdf
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description Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the acquiring and acquired firms in the context of governance and firm factors on the performance of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) based on the dimensions of Earnings per Share (EPS) and Cumulative Abnormal Return (CAR) growth. Methodology: Regarding the methodology, this applied and survey research was empirical and descriptive. The statistical population included all active firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. The sample consisted of blocked trading data related to mergers and acquisitions in the stock exchange. As a result, the final sample included 198 listed M&A firms. Findings: Results show that the acquiring firms’ characteristics,    ownership of institutional investors, rate of return on assets and rate of return on equity of shareholders positively and significantly affect M&A’s performance. In addition, the total assets and trans-industrial nature of acquiring firms positively and significantly affect the performance of merged and acquired firms.  Furthermore, the buyer’s institutional ownership, amount of acquired ownership, size of the board and size of the non-executive board, as well as their experience at the time of deal positively and significantly affect the performance of merged and acquired firms. The age of the companies at the time of the deal is also an issue which has its own impact.  `     Originality: Our research has valuable contributions to the theory of stewardship, agency theory, and resource-based view, which are comprehensively presented in five panels to measure their impact on the performance of mergers and acquisitions. Implications: According to the results, governance and firm factors of acquiring firms impact the likelihood success of M&A transaction. Moreover, the necessity of high value of transparency of companies' financial information during mergers and acquisitions has been confirmed.
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spelling doaj.art-15db54a76af0459ea03433c9a7c14ad42023-11-27T10:51:20ZfasInstitute for Management & Planning Studiesفرایند مدیریت و توسعه1735-07192252-00742022-03-01344145185Impact of Characteristics of Acquiring and Acquired Firms on the Performance of Mergers and AcquisitionsMehdi Rasouli Ghahroudi0Soheila Shahidi Asl1 Department of Internetional Business Management, Institute for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS), Tehran, Iran. Internetional Business Management, Department of Internetional Business Management, Institute for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS), Tehran, Iran. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the acquiring and acquired firms in the context of governance and firm factors on the performance of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) based on the dimensions of Earnings per Share (EPS) and Cumulative Abnormal Return (CAR) growth. Methodology: Regarding the methodology, this applied and survey research was empirical and descriptive. The statistical population included all active firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. The sample consisted of blocked trading data related to mergers and acquisitions in the stock exchange. As a result, the final sample included 198 listed M&A firms. Findings: Results show that the acquiring firms’ characteristics,    ownership of institutional investors, rate of return on assets and rate of return on equity of shareholders positively and significantly affect M&A’s performance. In addition, the total assets and trans-industrial nature of acquiring firms positively and significantly affect the performance of merged and acquired firms.  Furthermore, the buyer’s institutional ownership, amount of acquired ownership, size of the board and size of the non-executive board, as well as their experience at the time of deal positively and significantly affect the performance of merged and acquired firms. The age of the companies at the time of the deal is also an issue which has its own impact.  `     Originality: Our research has valuable contributions to the theory of stewardship, agency theory, and resource-based view, which are comprehensively presented in five panels to measure their impact on the performance of mergers and acquisitions. Implications: According to the results, governance and firm factors of acquiring firms impact the likelihood success of M&A transaction. Moreover, the necessity of high value of transparency of companies' financial information during mergers and acquisitions has been confirmed.http://jmdp.ir/article-1-4224-en.pdfmerger and acquisition (m;a)stock marketdual-job managementinstitutional ownershipacquirer and acquired firms.
spellingShingle Mehdi Rasouli Ghahroudi
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Impact of Characteristics of Acquiring and Acquired Firms on the Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions
فرایند مدیریت و توسعه
merger and acquisition (m;a)
stock market
dual-job management
institutional ownership
acquirer and acquired firms.
title Impact of Characteristics of Acquiring and Acquired Firms on the Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions
title_full Impact of Characteristics of Acquiring and Acquired Firms on the Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions
title_fullStr Impact of Characteristics of Acquiring and Acquired Firms on the Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Characteristics of Acquiring and Acquired Firms on the Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions
title_short Impact of Characteristics of Acquiring and Acquired Firms on the Performance of Mergers and Acquisitions
title_sort impact of characteristics of acquiring and acquired firms on the performance of mergers and acquisitions
topic merger and acquisition (m;a)
stock market
dual-job management
institutional ownership
acquirer and acquired firms.
url http://jmdp.ir/article-1-4224-en.pdf
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