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Valuation And Value Creation Of Insurance Intermediaries

by Claudia Max

87,58€ + 10% CARD

 The book offers a comprehensive analysis of insurance intermediaries from a capital markets perspective. It presents an up-to-date market perspective, drawing the attention to the important trends and developments in the industry and recommends strategies to secure future growth. Further, it offers a detailed description of a valuation approach specifically tailored to small and mid-sized brokers. Research on insurance intermediary M&A reveals that positive abnormal returns are achieved for acquirers. The author points out which factors lead to value creation and investigates performance drivers in the tied agent channel.
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Analyzing Wealth Effects For Bondholders - New Insight On Major Corporate Events From The Debtholders Perspective

by Daniel Maul

63,27€ + 10% CARD

 The book examines the impact of firm events on bondholder wealth. First, the methodologies of papers that conduct bond event studies are reviewed. Second, the impact of synergy forecasts at M&A announcements on corporate debt and equity securities is investigated. Finally, regular debt offerings are compared to reopenings of corporate bonds.
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The Influence Of German Top Executives On Corporate Policy And Firm Performance

by Marcel Normann

41,34€ + 10% CARD

 This study contributes to empirical top executive research on the relative importance of German CEOs and CFOs. The analyses are based on a unique dataset that includes observations from more than 300 CEOs and 100 CFOs working for 110 publicly listed German firms that operated in 10 different industries between 1983 and 2002.
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Uebersetzen Als Verhandlung

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Mergers And Acquisitions In The Energy Sector - The Impact Of Synergy Disclosures On Shareholder Wealth And Operating Performance

by Robert Fraunhoffer

44,59€ + 10% CARD

 This book analyzes the value-creating potential which stems from voluntary synergy disclosures during M&A, and their post-merger realization in the US and EU energy markets. Initially, a practitionerâ€™s perspective is assessed, followed by the capital marketâ€™s valuation. Lastly, the actual synergy realization is analyzed in an accounting context.
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Pharma M&A Versus Alliances And Its Underlying Value Drivers - Are M&A Or Alliances The Right Therapy For An Ailing Pharmaceutical Industry?- A Capital Market Perspective

by Heiko Schon

63,27€ + 10% CARD

 From a capital market perspective, the author analyzes Merger and Acquisitions transactions (M&A) and in-licensings in the pharmaceutical industry between 1998 and 2012. Utilizing the event study methodology, the volume shows that M&A experiences significant, negative cumulative average abnormal returns whereas in-licensings are able to create value. But what are the underlying value drivers which make a deal a success or a failure story? The author derives significant innovative determinants of success for both strategies.
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Bank Governance Structures And Risk Taking

by Dennis Froneberg

63,27€ + 10% CARD

 The book sheds light on two closely related and highly relevant governance themes: the composition of supervisory boards and financial expertise as well as ownership structure. The author focuses on the financial expertise of supervisory boards and its impact on performance and risk. He analyses how supervisory boards are composed and how much financial expertise their members have, assesses the impact of financial expertise on a banks risk-return profiles and investigates if financial expertise in internal bank governance contributes to more stability and less risk taking in banking. Finally, he examines the effects of the ownership structure on credit risk. He finds that banks with a more concentrated ownership structure tend to behave riskier, which is indicated by larger CDS spreads.
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Bank Mergers And Acquisitions In The Asia-Pacific Region - An Investigation Of The Shareholder Wealth Effects Of The Financial Sector Consolidation And Its Impact On The Acquirers Cost Of Debt

by Sascha Kolaric

58,37€ + 10% CARD

 This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the shareholder wealth effects of the financial sector consolidation in the Asia-Pacific region and its impact on the acquirers cost of debt. By not only examining the capital market reactions to the institutions directly involved in M&A transactions, but also their closest rivals, it is possible to draw clearer conclusions in regard to the overall success of the financial sector consolidation in this region. In addition, by investigating the acquiring institutions CDS market reaction to merger announcements, valuable insights are offered in regard to the difference between equity and debt market perceptions of bank M&As. The analyses suggest that equity and debt markets consider different factors when evaluating the success of mergers.
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Value Creation Of Corporate Restructuring - A Market Cycle And Industry View

by Ulrich Erxleben

58,37€ + 10% CARD

 The study offers a contribution to the debate about shareholder wealth creation following corporate restructuring transactions. Including market cycle and industry factors, it provides an analysis of merger and acquisition (M&A) and corporate divestiture success between 1989 and 2008 in Europe. The first part of the study focuses on effects of market valuation levels and market cycles on the value creation potential of corporate restructuring. The second part discusses mergers and acquisitions and divestment success from an industry perspective. The results provide surprising insights into drivers of shareholder value creation.
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Spaces Of Desire Â€“ Spaces Of Transition - Space And Emotions In Modern Literature

28,33€

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 In last decade, the so called spatial turn has produced a discussion of space and spatiality in social sciences, in architecture and art, and in literary criticism. This book focuses on one aspect largely ignored by literary historians and by theorists/historians of space, that is, the constitutive interrelationship of space and emotions.
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'Killer Games' Versus 'We Will Fund Violence' - The Perception Of Digital Games And Mass Media In Germany And Australia

by Jens Schroeder

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 While the assessment of digital games in Germany is framed by a high-culture critique, which regards them as an 'illegitimate' activity, they are enjoyed by a wider demographic as a 'legitimate' pastime in Australia. This book analyses the social history of digital gaming in both countries and relates it to their socio-cultural traditions.
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Return Patterns Of German Open-End Real Estate Funds - An Empirical Explanation Of Smooth Fund Returns

by Sebastian Gläsner

37,73€

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 In the course of the investigation, evidence is found that both phenomena are interrelated. All analyses are based on publicly available data; therefore they are not limited by client interests. This title aims to understand stable capital growth of German properties and to contribute to the explanation of stable fund returns.
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Underpricing, Long-Run Performance, And Valuation Of Initial Public Offerings

by Fabian Braemisch

41,85€

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 Includes a question that examines whether Initial Public Offering signals such as underpricing reveal proprietary information about the prospects of an issuing firm's underlying industry such as the performance of direct real estate investments.
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Directorsâ€™ Dealings And Insider Trading In Germany - An Empirical Analysis

by Patrick Ams

60,77€

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 Directors' Dealings and Insider Trading in Germany
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Sustainable Biotechnology Adoption In Nigeria To Reduce Food Insecurity - Involving Cooperatives In The Process

by Uche M. Nwankwo

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 Using a mixed method approach, empirical data were gathered from farmers and extension agents in six geopolitical divisions of Nigeria to determine factors capable of ensuring sustainable biotech adoption. This book revealed that the probability of biotech adoption is dependent on a cause and effect relationship.
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In The Service Of Charity And Truth - Essays In Honour Of Lucius Ugorji

58,07€

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 A Festschrift to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria. It draws from his Episcopal Coat of Arms - Caritas et Veritas. It also contains fifteen essays which indicate the spread and nuances of contemporary moral theological reflections.
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M&A Activity, Divestitures And Initial Public Offerings In The Fashion Industry

by Steffen Meinshausen

31,03€

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 Investigates the share price reactions of strategic bidder M&A transactions and their key drivers. This title analyzes the implications of a missed disposal opportunity in the luxury fashion segment. It shows the various drivers of consolidation in dynamic and heterogeneous industry segment over the course of the last two decades.
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Creating And Governing An Integrated Market For Retail Banking Services In Europe - A Conceptual-Empirical Study Of The Role Of Regulation In Promoting A Single Euro Payments Area

by Matthäus Markus Sielecki

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 Creating and Governing an Integrated Market for Retail Banking Services in Europe
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Risk-Adjusted Performance And Bank Governance Structures

by Christoph Bohm

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 These four essays investigate the impact of bank governance structures on performance, risk, and stability. The first three studies analyze financial expertise of supervisory board members as a governance instrument, while the last study addresses the impact of ownership concentration on banksâ€™ performance, risk, and stability on a global level.
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Expanding The Frontiers Of Pastoral Leadership In A Changing Society - Festschrift For Peter Damian Akpunonu On The Occasion Of His Priestly Golden Jubilee

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 The Festschrift in honor of Peter Damian Akpunonuâ€™s fifty years as a Catholic priest examines parallels in models of leadership across different eras and cultures.
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Analyzing Wealth Effects For Bondholders - New Insight On Major Corporate Events From The Debtholdersâ€™ Perspective

by Daniel Maul

52,66€

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 The book examines the impact of firm events on bondholder wealth. First, the methodologies of papers that conduct bond event studies are reviewed. Second, the impact of synergy forecasts at M&A announcements on corporate debt and equity securities is investigated. Finally, regular debt offerings are compared to reopenings of corporate bonds.
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Valuation And Value Creation Of Insurance Intermediaries

by Claudia Max

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 The book describes a valuation approach tailored to brokers and analyses insurance intermediary M&A revealing positive abnormal returns for acquirers. It provides a comprehensive analysis of insurance intermediaries including an up-to-date market perspective, pointing out performance drivers for tied agents.
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Bank Governance Structures And Risk Taking

by Dennis Froneberg

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 The author analyses the composition of supervisory boards and its membersâ€™ financial expertise, its influence on a banksâ€™ risk and performance profile, and its contribution to bank stability. Then he focuses on the effect of ownership concentration on credit risk and the role of debtholders as a stakeholder group within an international context.
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Pharma M&A Versus Alliances And Its Underlying Value Drivers - Are M&A Or Alliances The Right Therapy For An Ailing Pharmaceutical Industry?- A Capital Market Perspective

by Heiko Schon

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 This study analyzes 229 M&A and 120 in-licensing deals in the pharmaceutical industry. The author shows from a capital market perspective that M&A experiences significant, negative cumulative average abnormal returns whereas in-licensings are able to create value. Significant determinants of success for both strategies are derived.
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