... acquisitions would be judged failures if judged by improve shareholder value (cash plus capital gains). © MCB UP Limited 1998 Integration Mergers and acquisitions Shareholders ...

...B Gould Declares an acquisition is successful if the returns to shareholders increase following acquisition, allowing for the acquisition premium paid. Gives the findings as: value loss; impact of the premium; strategic relatedness; the payment method; method of acquisitions; and relative size...

...T Kippenberger Details a study of 429 complete UK acquisitions, takeovers and mergers from 1980 to 1990. Cites value creation; management/shareholder alignment; and bid characteristics. Warrants that the results gave some support to the above factors playing a role in wealth creation in target...

..., that for success and shareholder returns, it is best to be simple, focused, profitable and large. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Selling Consumer behaviour Shareholders ...

...T Kippenberger Chronicles value‐based management (VBM) as it is approached by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and uses figures to add emphasis to this system. States that the yardstick used by BCG is total shareholder return (TSR), giving historic appraisal and comparison between companies...

..., heating and bathroom products, it is also a landowner of 33,000 acres in Europe. Commends the use of an explanatory figure in addition to the rest of the instructive and interesting piece. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Building materials Share prices Blue Circle Skills Shareholders ...

...T Kippenberger Reviews some changes occurring in investor or shareholder power and the effects those changes have been having in the USA, the UK, Germany and France. Believes that UK and European shareholders are flexing their muscles in unfamiliar ways. Looks at various pension schemes and gives...