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Volume 11, Issue 4-5
1 April 1988
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Management Research News
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Review Article| April 01 1988

THE REGULATION OF TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS IN THE UK: RESEARCH NEEDED Available to Purchase

Paul Barnes
Paul Barnes
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6135
Print ISSN: 0140-9174
© MCB UP Limited
1988
Management Research News (1988) 11 (4-5): 13–16.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027983

The latest wave of merger mania began in 1984. That year the value of completed takeovers more than doubled that of the previous year to over £5.5 billion. The study looks at the reasons for the boom, the legislation involved, and the benefits of merging.

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Mergers, Regulations, United Kingdom
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