Recent trends in M&A of Japanese firms and corporate governance

It is said that we are the middle of a second boom of mergers and acquisitions in Japan. After the collapse of the bubble economy, many failed companies have been rescued by viable companies through mergers. At the same time, the number of owner-managers looking for successors by way of being acquir...

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Main Author: Murmatsu, Shinobu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 1997
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/858/1/Shinobu_Muramatsu.pdf
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description It is said that we are the middle of a second boom of mergers and acquisitions in Japan. After the collapse of the bubble economy, many failed companies have been rescued by viable companies through mergers. At the same time, the number of owner-managers looking for successors by way of being acquired increased. Almost all of them are owners of small and medium companies. In addition, for diversification, Japanese companies have come to rely upon mergers and acquistions (M&A) more frequently than before. This second M&A boom in Japan implies that Japanese business people have learned how to use M&A techniques for corporate restructuring as well as corporate growth, through the experiences of cross-border M&A activities in the 1980s.
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spelling uum-8582015-06-28T02:22:38Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/858/ Recent trends in M&A of Japanese firms and corporate governance Murmatsu, Shinobu HD Industries. Land use. Labor It is said that we are the middle of a second boom of mergers and acquisitions in Japan. After the collapse of the bubble economy, many failed companies have been rescued by viable companies through mergers. At the same time, the number of owner-managers looking for successors by way of being acquired increased. Almost all of them are owners of small and medium companies. In addition, for diversification, Japanese companies have come to rely upon mergers and acquistions (M&A) more frequently than before. This second M&A boom in Japan implies that Japanese business people have learned how to use M&A techniques for corporate restructuring as well as corporate growth, through the experiences of cross-border M&A activities in the 1980s. Universiti Utara Malaysia 1997 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/858/1/Shinobu_Muramatsu.pdf Murmatsu, Shinobu (1997) Recent trends in M&A of Japanese firms and corporate governance. Malaysian Management Journal, 2 (1). pp. 79-89. ISSN 0128-6226 http://mmj.uum.edu.my
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Recent trends in M&A of Japanese firms and corporate governance
title Recent trends in M&A of Japanese firms and corporate governance
title_full Recent trends in M&A of Japanese firms and corporate governance
title_fullStr Recent trends in M&A of Japanese firms and corporate governance
title_full_unstemmed Recent trends in M&A of Japanese firms and corporate governance
title_short Recent trends in M&A of Japanese firms and corporate governance
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
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