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
Speaker(s)
Session 1
Moderator
Is There Information in Corporate Acquisition Plans?
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Coffee break
Session 2
Moderator
Institutional Blockholder Networks and Corporate Acquisition Performance
Speaker(s)
Unravelling Bidding Strategies in M&A Transactions: Evidence from the Private Phase of the Deal Process
Speaker(s)
Do Higher ESG Self-Disclosures by the Target Company in a Business Combination Transaction Help to Enhance Deal Outcomes
Speaker(s)
Lunch
Session 3
Moderator
Competition Enforcement and Accounting for Intangible Capital
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Coffee break
Session 4
Moderator
Non-Compete Agreements and the Market for Corporate Control
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Growth-promoting Bonuses and Mergers and Acquisitions
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Closing remarks
Speaker(s)
Reception and networking
Speakers
René Stulz
Paolo Volpin
Presentations
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Institutional Blockholder Networks and Corporate Acquisition Performance
Marwin Mönkemeyer
Past events in this series
