– 2012 Volume – 1‚ Issue – 2 Article #01 IJAR-BAE Research Paper ISSN: 1839-8456 The impact of merger on shareholders’ wealth Emon Kalyan Chowdhury Lecturer & Assistant Proctor‚ Faculty of Business Studies‚ Premier University‚ Chittagong‚ Bangladesh Corresponding author’s e-mail: emonkalyanchy@gmail.com Abstract The purpose of this paper is to know the impact of merger on the shareholders of different companies. This is an attempt to evaluate the impact of merger on companies through a database
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Abstract Maximizing shareholder wealth requires a decisive strategy and a well-developed plan. It allows an investor to consider financial statements and growth strategies in order to establish a course of action. Case in point‚ one major franchising international business bought a well-known global restaurant business. The risks and expected return by these two companies may affect its long-term future goals. A profitable electronics company may lose its primary supplier in a strategic takeover
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Impact on Shareholders Wealth in M&A Episode | | |Abstract | |The Indian economy has undergone a major transformation and structural change during the past decade or so as a result of economic reforms | |introduced by the Government
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JUSTIFYING SHAREHOLDER WEALTH MAXIMISATION Alan D Morrison Programme Director‚ The Oxford Finance Programme for Senior Executives; Professor of Finance‚ Saïd Business School CORPORATE OBJECTIVES AND CORPORATE FINANCE The Role of the Corporation Corporate fi nance is the branch of economics that concerns itself with the ways in which corporations fi nance their activities. If we want to think clearly about this topic‚ we need a simple model of the corporation. Figure 1 is about the simplest
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IMPACT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON THE MAXIMIZATION OF SHAREHOLDERS WEALTH. BY LASISI TIRIMISIYU KUNLE REG NO: U08AC1128 Being A Research Project Submitted To The Department Of Accounting‚ Faculty Of Administration‚ Ahmadu Bello University Zaria‚ In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Award Of Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc) In Accounting DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA JULY‚ 2012 TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background
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BACKGROUND OF STUDY The owner or shareholder of any business expect their investment to earn a return that reward is expected to be commensurate with the perceived riskiness of the investment. There are many alternative vehicles for the investment of capital‚ so a particular investment often be said to carry an opportunity cost. This is the difference between the actual return forgone from the alternative investment‚ olowe (1997) noted that the maximization of shareholders wealth is the most superior of all
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Today’s companies take many forms. One of the ways a company can ensure its success is to diversify its holdings. General Electric and Tyco International are two such companies that have done just that‚ although they have taken different approaches to achieve their growth. General Electric has taken a more conservative‚ methodical approach to the industries where its businesses are located. Tyco has taken a more aggressive approach by multiple acquisitions. These types of companies are called
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To put it simply‚ in financial terms‚ to maximize shareholders wealth means to maximize purchasing power. Throughout the years‚ we have learned that markets are most efficient when the company is able to maximize at the current share price. Every company’s main goal should be to strive to maximize its value to every single one of their shareholders. Common stock represents the value of the market price‚ and it also gives the shareholder an idea of the different investment‚ financing‚ and dividend
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SHAREHOLDER WEALTH MAXIMISATION: SUMMARY ‘Business Finance’ assumes that the objective of a company is to maximise shareholder wealth. This means that companies should attempt to maximise the value of the shareholders’ investment in the company. This is achieved by maximising ‘Total Shareholder Returns’: dividends and share price appreciation. The most powerful basis for understanding and measuring shareholder wealth is the ‘economic valuation model’‚ under which the value of the shareholders’
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Managerial Actions to Maximize Shareholder Wealth What types of actions can managers take to maximize shareholder wealth? To answer this question‚ we first need to ask‚ “What determines a firm’s value?” In a nutshell‚ it is a company’s ability to generate cash flows now and in the future. We address different aspects of this in detail throughout the book‚ but we can lay out three basic facts now: (1) Any financial asset‚ including a company’s stock‚ is valu- able only to the extent that it generates
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