Consortium Strategy: Stretching the Limits of Hostile Takeovers

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giampiero Favato
Keyword(s):  
Hostile Takeovers

Hostile Takeovers and Anti-takeover Defenses in the Russian Corporate Market

2007 ◽  
pp. 70-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Demidova
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Hostile Takeovers ◽  
Russian Market ◽  
Takeover Defenses ◽  
The Cost ◽  
European Markets

This article analyzes definitions and the role of hostile takeovers at the Russian and European markets for corporate control. It develops the methodology of assessing the efficiency of anti-takeover defenses adapted to the conditions of the Russian market. The paper uses the cost-benefit analysis, where the costs and benefits of the pre-bid and post-bid defenses are compared.

A Close Look at the Mannesmann Trial

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 603-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Maier
Keyword(s):  
Hostile Takeover ◽  
Executive Pay ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Hostile Takeovers ◽  
Public Discussion ◽  
The Public ◽  
Post War

In German post-war history, hardly any other trial concerning economic criminal cases attracted as much interest as the so-called Mannesmann trial. This is for two main reasons. First, the facts that form the basis of the decision, that is, the hostile takeover of the German Mannesmann AG by the British Vodafone, attracted much attention and sparked public discussion about eliminating the very possibility of hostile takeovers in general in Germany. Second, interest in the case was due to the magnitude of the bonuses granted and the significance this had for the public at large. As a consequence of this trial and the settled payments, the debate around the appropriateness of executive compensations, existing prior to the case, grew more acute. After all, the current draft law to disclose executive pay resulted from these debates about the size of the compensations.

Do Hostile Takeovers Improve Performance?

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Franks ◽  
Colin Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Improve Performance ◽  
Hostile Takeovers
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