Companies‘ mergers and acquisitions in example of The Walt Disney Company and Pixar

Ing. Marat Kochnev, BBus

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Mergers and acquisitions are the main causes of globalization and rapid growth of the world economy today. Thesis focuses on main stages of M&A transactions, trying to explain the ways of its implementation and assessment. The paper gives a theoretical explanation of M&A features and focuses in specific case for the purpose of practical analysis and identification of synergies gained after the transaction. This work includes both short-term and long-term analysis in order to investigate the reaction of market and shareholders.

Keywords

mergers and acquisitions, short-term window analysis, synergies, returns, discounted cash flow, abnormal returns

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 20. 1. 2016

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 1. 2. 2016
• Vedúci: Ing. Dagmar Linnertová, Ph.D.
• Oponent: Ing. Oleksandra Lemeshko

Masaryk University

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Master programme / odbor:
Finance and Accounting / Finance (eng.)