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Title: | Customer concentration and M&A performance |
Authors: | Dong, Y Li, C Li, H |
Keywords: | Customer concentration;Mergers and acquisitions;Announcement return;Major government customer |
Issue Date: | 25-Jun-2021 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Dong, Y., Li, C., Li, H. (2021) 'Customer concentration and M&A performance', Journal of Corporate Finance, 69, pp. 1 - 31. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102021. |
Abstract: | This paper examines how the target's customer concentration affects merger performance. We find that the acquirer purchasing a customer-concentrated firm experiences significantly lower stock market returns and worse long-run operating performance. The effect is more pronounced when customers face lower switching costs or the target undertakes a higher level of relationship-specific investments, exhibits higher cash volatility, or is acquired by a less well-known company. Further analysis shows that the negative association is mainly driven by corporate customers, while relatively safe government customers moderate the effect. We also find that shared major customers, overconfident CEOs, and poor corporate governance are more likely to increase the likelihood of customer-concentrated acquisitions. Overall, our findings suggest that higher customer concentration leads to lower value creation in mergers. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/24990 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102021 |
ISSN: | 0929-1199 |
Other Identifiers: | 102021 |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Business School Embargoed Research Papers |
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