FACTORS AND MOTIVES FOR THE SPIN-OFF PROCESS

This article is about the factors that encourage managers to use spin offs as a restructuring tool, and about the main motives of spin-off transactions. Attention is focused on the nature of spin-offs. There is a classification of the driving factors of spin-offs from the theoretical viewpoint and t...

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Main Authors: Igor B. Khmelev, Sergei V. Kruglov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Plekhanov Russian University of Economics 2016-08-01
Series:Статистика и экономика
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Online Access:https://statecon.rea.ru/jour/article/view/97
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Summary:This article is about the factors that encourage managers to use spin offs as a restructuring tool, and about the main motives of spin-off transactions. Attention is focused on the nature of spin-offs. There is a classification of the driving factors of spin-offs from the theoretical viewpoint and the degree of this question elaboration in economic literature. Four factors are marked: industrial, life cycle, company size and support of the parent company. The basic spin-off motives are pointed in this article.
ISSN:2500-3925