Corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the Australian experience

Studies on the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance suggest that ownership structure has a significant impact on firm performance . The methodological choice and various merger-related factors have been identified as affecting the magnitude of post-merger returns.This stud...

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Main Authors: Mohd Hasimi Yaacob, Norazlan Alias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
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spelling ukm-98162016-12-14T06:50:55Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9816/ Corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the Australian experience Mohd Hasimi Yaacob, Norazlan Alias, Studies on the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance suggest that ownership structure has a significant impact on firm performance . The methodological choice and various merger-related factors have been identified as affecting the magnitude of post-merger returns.This study investigates the influence of corporate governance characteristics on long-term post-merger stock returns performance of acquirers in Australia. The findings reveal that there is evidence of long-term underperformance by Australian acquirers. However, there is limited evidence of inter-group difference in performance. Further analysis finds evidence that the market reacts positively to merger news for acquirers with high concentration of external substantial shareholders, especially in the case of focused mergers. Malaysia may learn from such experience of an Asia Pacific neighbour as it expands and deepens its corporate spheres. School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9816/1/9x.geografia-si-feb16-mohdhasimi-edam_%281%29.pdf Mohd Hasimi Yaacob, and Norazlan Alias, (2016) Corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the Australian experience. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 12 (2). pp. 95-105. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2016&vol=12&issue=2&ver=loc
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description Studies on the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance suggest that ownership structure has a significant impact on firm performance . The methodological choice and various merger-related factors have been identified as affecting the magnitude of post-merger returns.This study investigates the influence of corporate governance characteristics on long-term post-merger stock returns performance of acquirers in Australia. The findings reveal that there is evidence of long-term underperformance by Australian acquirers. However, there is limited evidence of inter-group difference in performance. Further analysis finds evidence that the market reacts positively to merger news for acquirers with high concentration of external substantial shareholders, especially in the case of focused mergers. Malaysia may learn from such experience of an Asia Pacific neighbour as it expands and deepens its corporate spheres.
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author Mohd Hasimi Yaacob,
Norazlan Alias,
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Corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the Australian experience
author_facet Mohd Hasimi Yaacob,
Norazlan Alias,
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title Corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the Australian experience
title_short Corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the Australian experience
title_full Corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the Australian experience
title_fullStr Corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the Australian experience
title_full_unstemmed Corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the Australian experience
title_sort corporate governance and merger performance: learning from the australian experience
publisher School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9816/
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