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L’impact des actionnaires activistes sur les performances à court, moyen et long terme des entreprises européennes

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  • Michel Albouy

    (Grenoble Ecole de Management)

  • Clément Decante

    (Grenoble Ecole de Management)

  • Aurélien Mauro

    (Grenoble Ecole de Management)

  • Pauline Studer

    (Grenoble Ecole de Management)

Abstract

(VF)Si le thème des hedge funds activistes aux États-Unis est bien documenté dans la littérature académique, il l’est beaucoup moins en ce qui concerne l’Europe. L’objet de cette recherche est de pallier ce manque de travaux en menant une analyse quantitative sur l’impact des hedge funds activistes sur les firmes européennes. Il s’agit alors de confronter nos résultats à ceux observés aux Etat-Unis. A cet effet, nous étudions l’impact des interventions des actionnaires activistes sur l’évolution des performances opérationnelles et des performances boursières d’un échantillon de sociétés cibles à court, moyen et long terme. Cette recherche confirme la thèse selon laquelle les hedge funds activistes, par leurs interventions et revendications, contribuent à améliorer les performances opérationnelles et les performances boursières des sociétés prises pour cibles en Europe.(VA)Although the topic of hedge funds activists in the United States is well documented in the academic literature, it is much less so in Europe. We thus take advantage of the lack of literature around this topic to conduct a quantitative analysis about the impact of hedge funds activists on target firms in Europe. We compare our results with those observed in the US. More specifically, we study the impact of activist interventions on the evolution of short, medium and long-term operating and stock price performance of target firms.This research allows us to confirm the thesis according to which hedge funds activists contribute to improving operational and stock price performance of target firms in Europe, through their interventions and demands.

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  • Michel Albouy & Clément Decante & Aurélien Mauro & Pauline Studer, 2017. "L’impact des actionnaires activistes sur les performances à court, moyen et long terme des entreprises européennes," Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, revues.org, vol. 20(1), pages 17-35, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:dij:revfcs:v:20:y:2017:i:1:p:17-35.
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    Keywords

    activisme des actionnaires en Europe; hedge funds européens; bataille de procurations; shareholders activism in Europe; European hedge funds; proxy fight.;
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    JEL classification:

    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage

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