What are the determinants of corporate divestiture?

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Patrick Navatte

Hi,

I propose some papers that may be of some help to you!

Divestitures and Divisional Investment Policies

The Journal of Finance

Volume 58, Issue 6, December 2003, Pages: 2711–2744, Amy Dittmar and Anil Shivdasani

The Success of Acquisitions: Evidence from Divestitures

Volume 47, Issue 1, March 1992, Pages: 107–138, STEVEN N. KAPLAN and MICHAEL S. WEISBACH

Why Hang on to Losers? Divestitures and Takeovers

Volume 47, Issue 4, September 1992, Pages: 1401–1423, ARNOUD W. A. BOOT

Greetings

Nguyen Phuc Canh

You can look on this paper

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929119915000905

Best regards

Mare Grzybowski

May be you find some sources and article in www.imorg.pl Marek

Wiboon Kittilaksanawong

Hi, You may find this article relevant. "Prospect Theory, Behavioral Theory, and the Threat-Rigidity Thesis: Combinative Effects on Organizational Decisions to Divest Formerly Acquired Units" http://amj.aom.org/content/50/6/1495.abstract

Marco Schmidt

Thanks for your valuable hints and links. Do you know, whether any research made a link between these determinants and the reporting about executed divestitures?

You also benefit from this paper:

Nguyen P, Rahman N, Zhaop R, " Ownership structure and disvestiture decisions: Evidence from Australian firms", International Review of Financial Analysis, 2013, 30, p 170 -181.