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Effects of the M&A Wave in the Global Brewing Industry 2000-2010

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  • Madsen, Erik S.
  • Pedersen, Kurt
  • Lund-Thomsen, Lars

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The brewing industry has experienced massive changes over the last decade. Industry concentration has increased dramatically, and the leading brewing groups have globalised their operations across virtually all continents. Based on a major data base the paper traces some causes and assesses the main effects of the M&A strategies in the global beer industry. The results verify that the 4 large acquiring brewing groups are more efficient than a control group of 200 large breweries but they have not performed significantly better in the period. This gives some evidence for the market power hypothesis which seems to work in the brewing industry in this period. Im ersten Jahrzehnt dieses Jahrhunderts setzten sich in der internationalen Brauindustrie tiefe Veränderungen durch. Die Unternehmenskonzentration stieg dramatisch, und die führenden Brauereigruppen globalisierten ihre Aktivitäten und sind heute auf fast allen Kontinenten tätig. Basierend auf Informationen aus der Orbis-Datenbank beschäftigt sich dieser Beitrag mit einigen Ursachen der F&Ü-Strategien und insbesondere mit deren Auswirkungen. Die Untersuchung bestätigt, dass die vier großen und F&Üaktiven Unternehmensgruppen zwar effizienter sind als die 200 großen Brauereien in der Kontrollgruppe, aber keine deutlich bessere Performance aufweisen. Die Ergebnisse der Untersuchung unterstützen die aus der Literatur der industriellen Organisation bekannte Marktmacht-Hypothese.

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  • Madsen, Erik S. & Pedersen, Kurt & Lund-Thomsen, Lars, 2012. "Effects of the M&A Wave in the Global Brewing Industry 2000-2010," German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Department for Agricultural Economics, vol. 61(04), pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:gjagec:199783
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.199783
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