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Hostile Takeovers

"Hostile Takeover" is a corporate acquisition strategy whereby one company attempts to assume control of another against the opposition of the target firm’s management and board of directors, typically through a direct appeal to shareholders or a tender offer.

450

Publications

47.5K

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671

Authors

389

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

60

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Hostile Takeover

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Publications

450

What Matters in Corporate Governance?

Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, Allen Ferrell · Review of Financial Studies · 2008 · 3K citations · Full text

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New Evidence and Perspectives on Mergers

Gregor Andrade, Mark L. Mitchell, Erik Stafford · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2001 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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The impact of industry shocks on takeover and restructuring activity

Mark L. Mitchell, J. Harold Mulherin · Journal of Financial Economics · 1996 · 1.6K citations

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The Market for Corporate Control: The Empirical Evidence Since 1980

Gregg A. Jarrell, James A. Brickley, Jeffry M. Netter · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 1988 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Does corporate governance matter in competitive industries?

Xavier Giroud, Holger M. Mueller · Journal of Financial Economics · 2009 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

671

  1. LA
    Lucian A. Bebchuk

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    13 publications · 5.3K citations

    13

    h-index

  2. RP
    Ronan Powell

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

    9

    h-index

  3. LR
    Luc Renneboog

    Tilburg University, Netherlands

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

    9

    h-index

  4. PJ
    Pornsit Jiraporn

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    8 publications · 231 citations

    8

    h-index

  5. AS
    Andrei Shleifer

    Harvard University, United States

    7 publications · 1.7K citations

    7

    h-index

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Institutions

389

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    21 h-index

    36 publications

    7.1K citations

  2. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    19 h-index

    38 publications

    7.8K citations

  3. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. Tilburg University

    Tilburg, The Netherlands

    12 h-index

    13 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. London Business School

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1.9K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 63 publications · 3.8K citations

    28

    h-index

  2. Journal of Financial Economics

    25 publications · 8K citations

    25

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  3. Journal of Corporate Finance

    32 publications · 1.7K citations

    24

    h-index

  4. The Journal of Finance

    20 publications · 6.6K citations

    19

    h-index

  5. Journal of Business Finance &amp Accounting

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

    18

    h-index

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