The Effects of "Tight Money" on Small Business Mergers
John B. Guerard, Jr.
1981. 55p. Contract awarded in FY 1980 to the University of
Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce, Charlottesville, VA 22901.
This study was of 21 acquiring firms and the 21 small firms they acquired. Of the two, capital costs were found to be less for the acquiring firms. After the merger, the acquiring firms enjoyed scale economies in capital expenditures and employment.
NTIS order number:
PB82-219098
Price codes:
A07 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
An Empirical Study of Merger Motives
Willard T. Carleton, Robert S. Harris, and John F. Stewart
1980. 126p. Contract awarded in FY 1979 to the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
Completed under an interagency agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, the purpose of this study was to determine the underlying motives for corporate mergers in order to assist policy makers in determining when mergers may occur and in evaluating the public and private consequences of merger activity. The study's findings imply that mergers are consummated for numerous reasons, but the data do not show any clear pattern.
NTIS order number:
PB83-186205
Price codes:
A06 (Paper),
A01 (Microfiche)
A Preliminary Empirical Investigation of Allocational versus Acquisitional Mergers
Edwin Burmeister and Kent D. Wall
1980. 109p. Contract awarded in FY 1979 to the University of
Virginia, Thornton Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22901.
Completed as part of an interagency agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, this report covers price expectations, effects of government policies, differences in firm size, and inspections by institutional investors tracking the benefits of conglomerate mergers.
NTIS order number:
PB81-231433
Price codes:
A04 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Study of Issues and Factors Influencing the Small Business Entrepreneur Involvement in Corporate Business Divestitures
William Nordyke
1981. 72p. Contract awarded in FY 1980 to Nordyke &;Associates,
Ltd., 8027 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22180.
This study addresses the issues and problems of the small business
entrepreneur in acquiring divestments of large corporations.
Recommendations are presented both for improving the entrepreneur's
participation in the divestiture process and also for enhancing the
prospects for a successful transaction.