Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-75). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-113).

published_or_final_version / Economics and Finance / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

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Purpose — this thesis aims at finding out the extent to which transformational leaders exercise the required competencies during the process of change within an organization. It’s simply meant to highlight the pros and cons that are evidenced within transformational leaders during the change process. Design/ methodology/approach — the thesis relies on two cases involving mergers, notably HP-Compaq merger, and Volvo-Renault merger are used for the analysis. The reliance on models and concepts is employed, to test the empirical findings. Findings — this paper illustrates that although transformational leaders competently fulfil their, there is a certain level of incompetence that arise during the process of change. Originality/Value — this paper provides a detailed analysis of the transformational leader’s virtue and short comings during the process of change.

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China now is one of the most attractive destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) and mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have become an increasingly important mode of FDI entry in China since its accession to the World Trade Organization. M&As in China are expected to play a vital role in the restructuring of its inefficient State-owned enterprises. This thesis characterizes and analyzes the evolving Chinese legal regime governing M&As in the context of the ongoing economic reform. In addition, it identifies the antitrust issues arising from foreign acquisitions of Chinese domestic enterprises, which can result in market dominance and restrictive practices in China. The thesis concludes that China's M&A regime can be improved and aligned more closely with international practices as its economy becomes further integrated into the world economy.

This thesis presents an empirical investigation of the role of competition in determining (1) bidder firm behaviour in, and (2) the resulting valuation effects of, corporate takeovers. The study is based on the most comprehensive sample currently available of interfirm tender offers for publicly traded U. S. target firms during the period 1971-1990. Corporate takeover contests differ in complex ways with respect to the asymmetric information and bargaining environment, distributions of bidder reservation values and target share ownership, and information acquisition costs. There is substantial theoretical work examining the strategic role of the choice of payment method, bidder elimination and target management resistance, and of particular interest in this thesis, pre-bid acquisition of target shares ("toehold") and its impact on the subsequent tender offer price. Despite a voluminous empirical literature on corporate acquisitions, systematic evidence on the extent and role of bidder toeholds on bidding strategies is sparse. While the toehold has been shown to be prevalent in takeover contests, the extant empirical literature contains few results pointing to the strategic role suggested by theory. The lack of statistical significance may reflect a combination of small samples, weak experimental design, and biases in estimation. This thesis remedies the small sample problem by examining more than 1350 takeover contests in the U. S. from 1971 to 1990. The experimental design is improved by including a larger set of sample controls, and addressing the bias issue by estimating a set of equations which simultaneously determines the toehold and the takeover premium. The wealth effects of takeover contests are estimated as a function of toeholds, the number of bids/bidders, the outcome of the bid, and the target management response. Other empirical issues, including the effect of toeholds on the probability of target management resistance and emergence of a second bid in the contest, are also examined. Finally, a new econometric technique is developed for simultaneously estimating event probabilities and conditional expected event returns in order to determine whether entering the takeover auction, and responding to rival bids for the target shares, on average enhances the wealth of the initial bidders' shareholders.

Įvairios ekonominės ir kitokios priežastys lemia didėjančias verslo koncentracijos pasaulines tendencijas. Viena iš priemonių verslui koncentruoti yra bendrovių reorganizavimas jungimo būdu. Reorganizavime dalyvaujančių arba reorganizuotų bendrovių turtas, teisės ir pareigos pereina po reorganizavimo veiklą tęsiančiai bendrovei, o kitos bendrovės automatiškai pasibaigia be likvidavimo. Bendrovių reorganizavimas yra sudėtinga ir ilgai trunkanti procedūra, susijusi su akcininkų, kreditorių, darbuotojų bei kitų asmenų interesais. Europos Sąjungoje pirmiausia buvo harmonizuoti valstybių narių nacionaliniai teisės aktai, reglamentuojantys vietinius bendrovių jungimus reorganizavimo būdu. Vėliau, išsprendus nacionalinių teisės skirtumų sąlygotas problemas, buvo priimti svarbūs teisės aktai, atveriantys kelią peržengiančių vienos valstybės ribas bendrovių jungimųsi galimybėms. Siekiant padidinti Europos Sąjungoje veikiančių bendrovių konkurencingumą, inicijuoti teisės aktų pakeitimai, kurie supaprastina reorganizavimo jungimo būdu procedūrą ir taip leidžia sumažinti bendrovėms tenkančią administracinių kaštų naštą. Kita vertus, svarbu įvertinti, kaip tokie pakeitimai daro įtaką akcininkų bei kitų susijusių asmenų teisėtiems interesams. Reorganizavimo metu taikomos taisyklės turi užtikrinti pakankamą šių asmenų teisių apsaugą, tačiau per griežti reikalavimai gali lemti, kad bendrovės vietoj reorganizavimo pasirinks kitą, labiau palankų jungimosi būdą. / Global tendencies of increasing business concentration are influenced by various economical and other reasons. One of the ways to concentrate business is a corporate reorganization through merger. All assets, rights and liabilities of merged companies are transfered to surviving company after reorganization, whereas other companies automatically cease to exist without liquidation. Corporate reorganization is a complex and long procedure involving interests of shareholders, creditors, workers and other persons. Firstly, national legislation of member states, governing local reorganization through merger of companies, had been harmonized in European Union. Later, after issues concerning the differences of national legislation were solved, important legal acts were enacted, which made possible cross-border mergers of companies. In order to increase the competitiveness of companies operating in European Union, some amendments were initiated to simplify the corporate reorganization through merger procedure and thus reduce the administrative costs for companies. However, it is important to evaluate the impact of such amendments for legitimate interests of shareholders and other concerned persons. The rules which apply in merger procedure should provide enough safeguards to protect the rights of these persons, although too strict requirements can lead to situations, where companies would rather choose other more favourable ways to merge.