International Mergers and Acquisitions Activity Since 1990

A native of Montreal, Professor Greg N. Gregoriou obtained his joint Ph.D. in finance at the University of Quebec at Montreal which merges the resources of Montreal's four major universities McGill, Concordia, UQAM and HEC. Professor Gregoriou is Professor of Finance at State University of New York (Plattsburgh) and has taught a variety of finance courses such as Alternative Investments, International Finance, Money and Capital Markets, Portfolio Management, and Corporate Finance. He has also lectured at the University of Vermont, Universidad de Navarra and at the University of Quebec at Montreal. Professor Gregoriou has published 50 books, 65 refereed publications in peer-reviewed journals and 24 book chapters since his arrival at SUNY Plattsburgh in August 2003. Professor Gregoriou's books have been published by McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier-Butterworth/Heinemann, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, Palgrave-MacMillan and Risk Books. Four of his books have been translated into Chinese and Russian. His academic articles have appeared in well-known peer-reviewed journals such as the Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Futures Markets, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Computers and Operations Research, etc. Professor Gregoriou is the derivatives editor and editorial board member for the Journal of Asset Management as well as editorial board member for the Journal of Wealth Management, the Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions, Market Integrity, IEB International Journal of Finance, and the Brazilian Business Review. Professor Gregoriou's interests focus on hedge funds, funds of funds, commodity trading advisors, managed futures, venture capital and private equity. He has also been quoted several times in the New York Times, Barron's, the Financial Times of London, Le Temps (Geneva), Les Echos (Paris) and L'Observateur de Monaco. He has done consulting work for numerous clients and investment firms in Montreal. He is a part-time lecturer in finance at McGill University, an advisory member of the Markets and Services Research Centre at Edith Cowan University in Joondalup (Australia), a senior advisor to the Ferrell Asset Management Group in Singapore and a research associate with the University of Quebec at Montreal's CDP Capital Chair in Portfolio Management. He is on the advisory board of the Research Center for Operations and Productivity Management at the University of Science and Technology (Management School) in Hefei, Anhui, China.

1 Understanding mergers and acquisitions Activity Since 1990, G. Gregoriou and L. Renneboog; Part 1. International M&A activity and takeover performance: 2 Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: The facts as a guide for international economics, S. Brakman, H. Garretsen, C. van Marrewijk; 3 Searching for value enhancing acquirers, M. Lionakis and C. Pang; 4 Long-term operating performance in European mergers and acquisitions, M. Martynova, S. Oosting, and L Renneboog; 5 Bondholder wealth effects in mergers and acquisitions, L. Renneboog and P. Szilagyi; 6 Mix and Match facilities and loan notes in acquisitions, M. Goergen and J. Frecknall-Hughes;Part 2 Special types of mergers and acquisitions: 7 Mergers and acquisitions in IPO markets: Evidence from Germany, D. Audretsch and E. Lehmann; 8 Reverse mergers in the UK: Listed targets and private acquirers, P. Roosenboom and W. Schramade; 9 The profile of venture capital exits in Canada, D. Cumming and S. Johan; Part 3 Valuation and irrationality in takeover decision making: 10 Executive compensation and managerial overconfidence: Impact on risk taking and shareholder value in corporate acquisitions, S. Sudarsanam and J. Huang; 11 Opportunistic accounting practices around stock financed mergers in Spain, M. Pastor-Llorca and F. Poveda-Fuentes; 12 Size Does Matter - Firm Size and the Gains from Acquisitions on the Dutch Market, R. Kräussl and M. Topper