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International growth of Italian acquired mid-sized firms: an analysis of post-acquisition performance

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  • Michela Matarazzo
  • Gabriele Barbaresco
  • Riccardo Resciniti

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The purpose of the paper is analysing the performance differences (labour productivity, employment and wages) of all the mid-sized firms acquired in the period between 1999 and 2009, compared with purely domestic firms (non-acquired), with two specific research focuses: 1) differences between industrial and financial investor; 2) geographic distance between acquirer and target firm. This study conducts a t-test analysis by using firm-level accounting data from the Italian Mediobanca Research Department database. Results suggest that the performance of the acquired firms improve. Furthermore, the results show prospective industrial and European acquirers adopt a cherry picking approach and tend to keep pre-acquisition performance levels unchanged, whereas financial and non-European acquirers take the opposite approach with an explicit view to increase post-acquisition performance. This study for the first time analyses the performance implications of cross border acquisitions of all the acquired mid-sized firms, which carry remarkable economic weight within the Italian economy.

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  • Michela Matarazzo & Gabriele Barbaresco & Riccardo Resciniti, 2020. "International growth of Italian acquired mid-sized firms: an analysis of post-acquisition performance," International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(2), pages 200-223.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgsbu:v:11:y:2020:i:2:p:200-223
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