Mergers and Acquisitions in the Years of COVID

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_4165
dc.contributor.author	Antypas Nikolaos
dc.title	Mergers and Acquisitions in the Years of COVID. Slowing Down Before Accelerating Yet Again
dc.type	Capitolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been less frequent during crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a global economic shock and a surge in uncertainty, depressing M&A activity to record low levels. The unpromising economic prospects, the persisting high valuations, and potential liquidity crunches will restrict acquisitions for the foreseeable future. Companies with large cash balances may perform opportunistic acquisitions when asset prices drop to attractive levels. Acquisition activity can be further affected by government actions, especially if governments discourage acquisitions to promote market competition.
dc.relation.ispartof	Innovation in Business, Economics & Finance
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-07-31
dc.dateAccepted	2020-06-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-06-03
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-443-1/mergers-and-acquisitions-in-the-years-of-covid/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-442-4/015
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8574
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-442-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Acquisitions
dc.subject	Acquisitions
dc.subject	Corporate investments
dc.subject	Corporate investments
dc.subject	Growth
dc.subject	Growth
dc.subject	Investment banking
dc.subject	Investment banking
dc.subject	Mergers
dc.subject	Mergers

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Mergers and Acquisitions in the Years of COVID

Slowing Down Before Accelerating Yet Again

Nikolaos Antypas ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK

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abstract

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been less frequent during crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a global economic shock and a surge in uncertainty, depressing M&A activity to record low levels. The unpromising economic prospects, the persisting high valuations, and potential liquidity crunches will restrict acquisitions for the foreseeable future. Companies with large cash balances may perform opportunistic acquisitions when asset prices drop to attractive levels. Acquisition activity can be further affected by government actions, especially if governments discourage acquisitions to promote market competition.

Pubblicato

31 Luglio 2020

Accettato

30 Giugno 2020

Presentato

03 Giugno 2020

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ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-442-4

Keywords: Acquisitions • Corporate investments • Growth • Investment banking • Mergers

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-442-4/015

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