Eighth Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre Conference

The M&A Research Centre at Bayes Business School will be hosting the the 8th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre Conference in June.

Since 2016, our annual M&A Research Centre conference has brought together cutting-edge research and practice on M&A by leading professors and industry experts around the world. Topics span a broad array of issues related to M&A such as deal structure from financing to integration, activism, regulatory changes, domestic and cross border transactions and corporate social responsibility among others. The conference has been held in in cooperation with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). We are honoured to have many world leading academic experts in the field of M&A serving in our programme committee.

Our MARC conference is among the most selective high-quality conferences in the field. The papers presented at our conference are at the forefront of knowledge and of high academic rigour, as evidenced by a high acceptance rate in the top academic journals in the field. As of January 2024, eleven papers presented at the first three conferences (2016 to 2018) have been published in leading journals including such as Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Accounting Research, and Journal of International Business Studies.

We have decided to change the format for this year’s conference to allow for more presentations. We have selected five papers for a full presentation with discussants (25 minutes presentation, 15 minutes discussion, and 5 minutes audience Q&A) and five papers for a short presentation (10 minutes presentation and 5 minutes audience Q&A). As in previous years, the conference includes a keynote speech by a leading M&A practitioner and this year it will be delivered by Candice Brenet, Head of Sustainability, Ardian (Europe’s leading investment house and private equity company).
 

📍Conference Location: Bayes Business School, LG002 & LG003, Lower Ground Floor, 106 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TZ

📆 Conference details: Tuesday, 18th June 2024, 08:30 – 17:30 (BST)

Ticket price
Academics and Alumni: Free
Non-academics: £75.00

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