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Evaluation Of Company Performance Post Acquisition Or Merger In The United States, Harry Waterton
Evaluation Of Company Performance Post Acquisition Or Merger In The United States, Harry Waterton
Empirical Economic Bulletin, An Undergraduate Journal
This paper answers the question surrounding whether or not company performance for the acquiring company improves or worsens post-merger or acquisition. This will be calculated using two separate but related financial performance tools, return on equity and return on assets. The investigation will span over a 5 year period starting the year of 2010 and end at the closing of the fourth quarter of 2014, and will contain all mergers and acquisitions between $300 million and $2 billion that took place across all sectors in America. The results conclude that acquisitions do not financially benefit the acquirer in the short …