TY - JOUR AU - BYTSIURA, Юрій PY - 2022/04/22 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Cross-border mergers and acquisitions JF - Foreign·trade:·economics,·finance,·law JA - FT VL - 121 IS - 2 SE - GLOBAL ECONOMY DO - 10.31617/zt.knute.2022(121)06 UR - https://journals.knute.edu.ua/foreign-trade/article/view/39 SP - 64-76 AB - <p><strong><em>Introduction.&nbsp;</em></strong><em>Cross-border mergers and acquisi­tions</em><em>help increase global competitiveness.</em><br><strong><em>Problem.&nbsp;</em></strong><em>Taking into account the trend of strengthening integration processes in the interna­tional economy, it is especially important to study the foreign experience of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, analyze their effectiveness and find ways to improve this market.</em><br><strong><em>An analysis of recent research and publications&nbsp;</em></strong><em>has shown that despite the existence of&nbsp;some scientific achievements, an important scientific and practical problem of the characteristics of cross-border mergers and acquisitions in accordance with current trends in the international economy remains unresolved.</em><br><strong><em>The aim&nbsp;</em></strong><em>of the article is to identify the chara­cteristics, analysis of the current state and trends of cross-border mergers and acquisitions.</em><br><strong><em>Materials and methods.&nbsp;</em></strong><em>In the course of the research the materials of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, reports of international organizations and scientific works of scientists on cross-border mergers and acquisitions were used. Methods of abstraction, analysis and synthesis, generalization, historical method, structural-functional method, etc. were used.</em><br><strong><em>Research results.&nbsp;</em></strong><em>Characteristic features and tendencies of cross-border mergers and acquisitions are determined: periodic alternation of world economic crises and stock market falls (2008–2009, 2011, 2020); mainly occur in industries with a high level of monopolization (technological and financial sectors, energy); agreements are increasingly being concluded at the initiative of private investment funds or large corporations from the BRICS countries. It is established that the leaders of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, which serve as an important source of attracting foreign investment, are companies in North America and Europe.</em><br><strong><em>Conclusions.&nbsp;</em></strong><em>The main ways to improve the market for cross-border mergers and acquisitions are: increasing the capitalization of national companies and their investment attractiveness; increasing the volume and quality of products; development and implementation of new technologies; modernization of the sectoral structure of the economy; development of transport and financial infrastructure; develop­ment of the domestic stock market, ensuring openness and reliability of financial statements; improving the regulatory framework; stabilization of the military-political situation.</em></p> ER -