Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Divestments and M&A Deals: Evidence from Metallurgical Industry

Student: Kan Tatyana

Educational Programme: Financial Markets and Financial Institutions (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2018

Analysis of the effectiveness of divestments and mergers and acquisitions has always caused particular interest in the scientific literature. In this paper, we conducted study to analyze short term and long term effectiveness of divestment transactions and M&A. At the same time the effects were analyzed separately for the two forms of divestment transactions – spin-off and sell-off. The study was focused on metallurgical industry, as this sector plays a key role in the economic development of the selected region. In addition, the transactions initiated by the metallurgical companies are among the world. Researched period is 2000-20017

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