Naslov
Preacquisition financial profile of Croatian SME

Autori
Pervan, Ivica ; Pervan, Maja ; Luetić, Vijeko

Izvornik
Annals of DAAAM for ... & proceedings of the ... International DAAAM Symposium ... (1726-9679) 21 (2010), 1; 1425-1426

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Acquired SME; financial profile; Croatia

Sažetak
In Croatia, like in many other countries, SME companies represent the vast majority of companies. SME acquisitions have become more frequent during the last few years in Croatia and that was a strong incentive to explore the preacquisition profile of the acquired SME. The research sample consists of 92 SME that were acquired in the period 2007-2008. The sample of the acquired SME is developed on the basis of publicly available information from business magazines and Internet. In order to explore the preacquisition profile of the acquired SME the sample of 92 acquired SME is compared with the sample of 92 randomly chosen unacquired SME from the same industries and year. Empirical findings for the acquired Croatian SME revealed that likelihood of being acquired is positively related with company size and activity, while it was negatively related with liquidity and leverage.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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