M&A in High-Tech Industries (2000 – 2025)
Description
For this study, a sample of 76 significant mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the high-tech industry was selected, spanning the period from 2000 to 2025. This comprehensive selection encompasses various sub-sectors, including computer hardware/semiconductors, consumer electronics, software, internet services, and telecommunications. Detailed M&A information, such as deal values and strategic rationales, was primarily collected from secondary sources, with a strong emphasis on the official websites of the acquiring firms. This approach to data collection through official corporate websites is a well-established and common practice in M&A research. To ensure data accuracy and reliability, all collected M&A details underwent a rigorous verification process using multiple independent sources. Any M&A case for which details could not be sufficiently verified was excluded from further analysis, resulting in a final sample size of N=77. This study employs Content Analysis (also known as textual analysis) as its primary research methodology, a technique widely recognized and commonly utilized in M&A studies. Content analysis is defined as "any technique of making inferences by objectively and systematically identifying specified characteristics of messages”. This method provides a robust framework for systematically collecting and analysing both qualitative and quantitative data from verbal, print, and electronic sources, thereby allowing for comprehensive insights into the M&A landscape of the high-tech industry.
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1. Define the High-Tech industry as software companies, computer hardware companies, telecommunication equipment companies. internet service provider companies, internet-based companies. 2. Generate a list of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the high-tech industry from 2000 to 2025 with minimum USD 1 billion as the deal amount from the offical website of the relevant companies. 3. The information must be published in the general news items and reported by relevant stock exchanges or securities exchanges. 4. Ensure data accuracy and reliability by a rigorous verification process using multiple independent sources. Any M&A case for which details could not be sufficiently verified was excluded from further analysis.