Evaluation and Analysis of M&A’s Impact on Firm Performance in Pharmaceutical Industry

Sheng, Qiyuan (2013) Evaluation and Analysis of M&A’s Impact on Firm Performance in Pharmaceutical Industry. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

At present, mergers and acquisitions play a very important role in firm’s business strategy. As a result, more and more companies attempt to engage in M&A activities for further development. In this dissertation, the aim is to evaluate and analyze the M&A’s impact on pharmaceutical companies’ performance.

Firstly, some background of M&A would be introduced in the introduction chapter like its definition, historical developments and its types. Then in the literature review chapter, the motives for engaging in M&A, determinants of companies' performance following M&A and empirical studies of M&A are discussed and some M&A theories are presented as well.

For the methodology and analysis parts, the accounting analysis and the event study are used in turn to prove the M&A theories mentioned in the literature review. Finally, the conclusion of this dissertation is reached.

Item Type: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Depositing User: EP, Services
Date Deposited: 07 Mar 2014 09:14
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2017 13:30
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/26562

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