How M&A Experience Affects Firms’ Timing and Performance During Waves: A Study on M&A Decision Making Between Active and Inactive Acquirers During the Sixth Great Merger Wave
Purpose: This thesis delves into whether acquisition experience is both a valid indicator of increased acquirer returns and leads to participating at certain points during an M&A wave through examining the differences between active and inactive acquirers. This study seeks to provide further understanding of acquisitions during M&A waves with particular interest focused on domestic transac
