On the value creation process via management buyouts in Japan

dc.contributor.author	Ito, Haruyoshi
dc.date.accessioned	2016-02-19T22:38:07Z
dc.date.available	2016-02-19T22:38:07Z
dc.date.issued	2012-08
dc.description.abstract	We examine a sample of 54 management buyouts (MBO) in Japan from January 2001 to March 2009 and document an average buyout premium of 49.0% and a post-MBO investor average return of 54.6%. We find no evidence of operating performance improvements; rather, operating cash flow is worse after MBOs in Japan. However, MBO firms do sell off significant amounts of assets post-MBO. The median equity ownership of pre-buyout managers is 29.36% increasing to 59.82% post buyout. Our MBO sample firms have high equity book to market ratios compared to industry and size-matched control firms indicating that MBO firms are undervalued relative to their peers. MBO firms have higher levels of stock repurchase activity in the years prior to the buyout compared to control firms. MBO firms have less financial visibility relative to the control firms. The evidence suggests undervaluation and not the reduction of agency problems as the motivation for MBOs in Japan.
dc.description.degree	Ph.D.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/100971
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.relation	Theses for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (University of Hawaii at Manoa). International Management.
dc.subject	management buyouts
dc.title	On the value creation process via management buyouts in Japan
dc.type	Thesis
dc.type.dcmi	Text

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