Strategic research partnerships: Empirical evidence from Asia

This paper evaluates the role Strategic Research Partnerships (SRPs) play in Asia. Specific Asian institutional settings influence the roles of SRPs. Japan is regarded as a forerunner in the practice of SRPs. In Japan, lack of spillover channels, limited opportunities for mergers and acquisitions, weak university research and pressure for internal diversification motivate firms to form SRPs. In Korea, SRPs are regarded as a means to promote large-scale research projects. In Taiwan, SRPs are formed to facilitate technological diffusion. Empirical findings on SRPs, focusing on government-sponsored R&D consortia in Japan, are summarized. Issues regarding SRP formation, their effect on R&D spending of participating firms, and productivity, are examined. Reference is made to alternative forms of measurement of SRPs and their potential application to Asian countries is assessed. Enhancing the capacity of policy-makers to assess the extent and contribution of SRPs is considered to be a priority.

Expectativas dos stakeholders para as fusões e aquisições: um estudo de caso: aquisição do Finibanco pelo Montepio

Dissertação apresentada ao ISCAP para a obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Auditoria Orientada por: Prof. Doutora Alcina Dias

Processos de reestruturação como elemento de combate à crise financeira nas empresas do PSI-20 do sector não bancário no período de 2009 a 2012

Mestrado em Gestão e Empreendedorismo

Eficiência e concentração na indústria bancária

O objectivo deste trabalho é a análise da eficiência produtiva e dos efeitos da concentração sobre os custos bancários, tendo por base a indústria bancária portuguesa. O carácter multiproduto da empresa bancária sugere a necessidade de se adoptar formas multiproduto da função custo (tipo Fourier). Introduzimos variáveis de homogeneidade e de estrutura que permitem o recurso a formas funcionais uniproduto (Cobb-Douglas) à banca. A amostra corresponde a 22 bancos que operavam em Portugal entre 1995-2001, base não consolidada e dados em painel. Para o estudo da ineficiência recorreu-se ao modelo estocástico da curva fronteira (SFA), para as duas especificações. Na análise da concentração, introduziram-se variáveis binárias que pretendem captar os efeitos durante quatro anos após a concentração. Tanto no caso da SFA como no da concentração, os resultados encontrados são sensíveis à especificação funcional adoptada. Concluindo, o processo de concentração bancário parece justificar-se pela possibilidade da diminuição da ineficiência-X.

Criação de valor em fusões e aquisições horizontais

O aumento verificado nos últimos anos em fusões e aquisições (F&A) resulta da opção dos gestores para fazer face ao aumento da pressão competitiva e ou à necessidade de crescimento rápido. A literatura sobre os efeitos dos processos de F&A é diversificada e as conclusões são contraditórias. Neste trabalho pretendemos verificar se o processo de F&A se traduz na criação de valor para o acionista da empresa adquirente. Como métrica de avaliação utilizamos o método de análise dos fluxos de caixa atualizados ou o Discounted Cash-Flow (DCF). Para o efeito efetuamos um estudo de caso que vai incidir sobre uma empresa seguradora portuguesa – A Lusitania Companhia de Seguros, S.A. – que recentemente adquiriu, por fusão por incorporação, a Real Seguros, S.A. Efetuamos uma análise de natureza quantitativa através dos dados do relatório e contas e encontramos evidência de que o desempenho diminuiu após a transação.

Acquisition of Carrefour-Portugal by Sonae Distribuição

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Business article: M&A as the Portuguese route to Brazil

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Mota-Engil

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Mota-Engil divestment opportunity report

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

L'Oreal acquisition policy: The Body Shop case study

The Work Project I present focuses on the analysis of L’Oréal acquisition policy, trying to outline if the M&A deals it has led over the last 14 years have succeeded in creating value. By replicating the model proposed by Todd Hazelkorn, Marc Zenner and Anil Shivdasani in their paper “Creating Value with Mergers and Acquisitions”, I analyzed the 29 M&A deals that L’Oréal has led worldwide, understanding the common factors able to explain the success of such transactions. Further, I focused on The Body Shop case study, a highly criticized and controversial acquisition that has proved to be profitable and able to create value.

Post-merger innovative performance in the renewable energy sector

Due to global warming and shrinking fossil fuel resources, politics as well as society urge for a reduction of green house gas (GHG) emissions. This leads to a re-orientation towards a renewable energy sector. In this context, innovation and new technologies are key success factors. Moreover, the renewable energy sector has entered a consolidation stage, where corporate investors and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) gain in importance. Although both M&A and innovation in the renewable energy sector are important corporate strategies, the link between those two aspects has not been examined before. The present thesis examines the research question how M&A influence the acquirer’s post-merger innovative performance in the renewable energy sector. Based on a framework of relevant literature, three hypotheses are defined. First, the relation between non-technology oriented M&A and post-merger innovative performance is discussed. Second, the impact of absolute acquired knowledge on postmerger innovativeness is examined. Third, the target-acquirer relatedness is discussed. A panel data set of 117 firms collected over a period of six years has been analyzed via a random effects negative binomial regression model and a time lag of one year. The results support a non-significant, negative impact of non-technology M&A on postmerger innovative performance. The applied model did not support a positive and significant impact of absolute acquired knowledge on post-merger innovative performance. Lastly, the results suggest a reverse relation than postulated by Hypothesis 3. Targets from the same industry significantly and negatively influence the acquirers’ innovativeness.

Portugal Telecom

This Masters Thesis aims to be used in class for teaching purposes. The primary objective of the case is to understand the way critical anti-takeover measures can be used in a hostile takeover environment. The case portrays not only all defensive tools used by PT against Sonaecom (conditioned by the Portuguese Securities Code) but also all major interactions with relevant stakeholders. Communication is positioned as a central tool to stakeholders’ interaction. As a consequence of that, students are supposed to comprehend how PT used this instrument to implement its defensive strategy. This Masters Thesis was written essentially from PT’s perspective but it also includes all available Sonacom’s public statements and data. It joins several different points of view (from PT’s CEO and top management to PT’s employees and labor unions). Therefore, it is not supposed to mach exactly to one’s perspective of Sonecom’s takeover attempt but instead to be an aggregate view of the case. The mains idea is to promote debate in order to create an interactive class environment among session’s attendants. Main areas developed in this Thesis are Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Communication and Corporate Governance. The case's recommended questions are in line with these areas. Suggested answers for these questions are balanced with some academic documentation that can be complemented with some in-class notes according to the session's objectives.

Cooperations in the nonprofit sector

Many Nonprofit Organizations are pursuing mergers and alliances with the purpose of become more sustainable, better use their resources, and generate a higher impact. This report wants to bring further concrete evidences to the contents highlighted by the researchers. Firstly, a theoretical framework is derived from the literature analysis. Based on that a case study is developed, which see the NOVA SBE and the IES – SBS planning a strategic alliance to constitute a new Social Entrepreneurship Center. A first analysis of the strategic alliance plan showed a wide potential in terms of impact generated and sustainability, only the future steps will be able to demonstrate the successful implementation.

Determinants of acquisition completion: a relational perspective

The strategic literature on relatedness in the context of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is extensive, yet we know little about whether or how relatedness has an influence on the announcement to completion stage of the M&A process. Drawing on research on intra-industry competition and relational capabilities, we seek to shed light on the relatedness debate by examining the strategic forces that affect the completion of an announced related M&A, accounting for financial and organizational factors. We also explore additional strategic forces that might amplify or attenuate the negative effect of relatedness on deal completion. We test and find support for our hypotheses using longitudinal data from a sample of the largest M&A announcements in the world from 1991 to 2001.

Tietojohtaminen organisaatioiden yhteensovittamisessa

Yritykset kehittävät toimintaansa yritysjärjestelyillä, joista kuitenkin suuri osa epäonnistuu. Työn tavoitteena oli selvittää, voidaankotietojohtamisen avulla vaikuttaa yritysoston onnistumista edistäviin tekijöihin. Lisäksi työssä kehitetään yritykselle sellainen toimintatapa, jonka avulla se kykenee luomaan, omaksumaan ja jakamaan uutta tietoa nopeasti ja hyödyntämään siten markkinoiden mahdollisuuksia. Työ sisältää sekä teoreettisen että empiirisen osan. Teoreettisessa osassa käsitellään yritysostoprosessia ja siihen vaikuttavia tekijöitä. Lisäksi tarkastellaan uuden tiedon luomista yrityksessä, yrityksen innovatiivisuutta sekä tekijöitä, jotka edistävät tiedon jakamista. Empiirisen osan aineisto on koottu kohdeyrityksestä teemahaastattelun avulla. Tutkimuksessa havaittiin, että yritysoston onnistumistaedistävät tekijät sisältyvät myös tietojohtamisen viitekehykseen. Näin ollen voidaan päätellä, että tietojohtamisen tehostaminen lisää yritysoston onnistumismahdollisuutta. Muutostilanteessa tärkeäksi tekijäksi havaittiin organisaatiokulttuuri. Yhdistettäessä yrityksiä tulee kiinnittää huomiota myös toimivaan vuorovaikutusverkostoon, jotta tiedotus asioista saavuttaa jokaisen työntekijän.