Mergers and acquisitions in 2020-2022 in the context of WIG-20 index

Abstract

Mergers and acquisitions are popular phenomena on the Polish economic market aimed at increasing the value of a company in the form of external financing. However, sometimes companies encounter problems related to unfavorable economic conditions. Such conditions include the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Enterprises are forced to undertake actions aimed not only at protecting them against the consequences of economic perturbations, but also - for some of them - being a form of investment in markets that are susceptible to economic changes.

Keywords

• mergers and acquisitions,
• business combination
• hostile takeover
• COVID-19,