
Eighth Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre Conference
The M&A Research Centre at Bayes Business School hosted the 8th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre Conference on 18th June.
Since 2016, the annual M&A Research Centre conference has brought together cutting-edge research and practice on M&A by leading professors and industry experts around the world. Topics span a broad array of issues related to M&A such as deal structure from financing to integration, activism, regulatory changes, domestic and cross border transactions and corporate social responsibility among others.
Many papers presented at the conference in previous years have been published in leading journals including such as Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Accounting Research, and Journal of International Business Studies.
The conference included a keynote speech by a leading M&A practitioner and was delivered by Yael Selfin, Chief Economist and UK Vice Chair, KPMG.
Programme
Registration with tea & coffee
Conference opening
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Session 1
Moderator
Is There Information in Corporate Acquisition Plans?
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Discussant
Coffee break
Session 2
Moderator
Institutional Blockholder Networks and Corporate Acquisition Performance
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Unravelling Bidding Strategies in M&A Transactions: Evidence from the Private Phase of the Deal Process
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Lunch
Session 3
Moderator
Competition Enforcement and Accounting for Intangible Capital
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Discussant
Coffee break
Session 4
Moderator
Non-Compete Agreements and the Market for Corporate Control
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Discussant
Growth-promoting Bonuses and Mergers and Acquisitions
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Discussant
Closing remarks
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Reception and networking
Speakers
René Stulz
Paolo Volpin
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