Ownership structure, family control, and acquisition decisions

We investigate how ownership and family control influence the decision to take part in M&As as an acquirer or as an acquired company in a sample of 777 large Continental European companies in the period 1998–2008. We find that ownership is negatively correlated with the probability of launching...

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Published in:Journal of corporate finance (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2011-12, Vol.17 (5), p.1636-1657
Main Authors: Caprio, Lorenzo, Croci, Ettore, Del Giudice, Alfonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquisition
Acquisitions & mergers
Bidder return
Corporate governance
Family firm
Family firm Acquisition Shareholder identity Bidder return
Family owned businesses
Shareholder identity
Shareholders rights
Studies
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