EXAMINING GREEN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

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In the past few decades, Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been a key tactic for competitive positioning since organizations face pressure to implement sustainable practices as environmental degradation and climate change become a worldwide concern. M&A that prioritize sustainability objectives or ecologically conscious methods are called Green Mergers and Acquisitions (GMA). GMA is increasingly becoming a viable option for highly polluting businesses to embark on green transformation journeys and achieve their emissions reduction and energy-saving goals, prompting scholars to conduct research in this area to investigate how these business tactics support environmental goals and reduce companies’ ecological impacts. This study addresses the increasing importance of green M&A trends. This study aims to investigate GMA using the content analysis method on randomly selected journals included in the Web of Science (WOS) index from 2015 to 2024. Additionally, the study examines current M&A transactions by considering global M&A indicators. The findings show that the vast majority of publications on GMA (86%) were made between 2020 and 2024, and Chinese writers accounted for 44% of all GMA publications. Joint publishing by three or more academics from different countries accounted for 61.5% of the articles published between 2020 and 2024. Scholars from several nations are working together to explore the topic, which suggests that it has universal significance. Green innovation (14%), green M&A (14%), heavy pollution (11%), carbon issues (11%), and cross-border M&A (8%) were the most explored subjects in the reviewed publications.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Content Analysis
• Green Mergers and Acquisitions (GMA)
• Sustainability

YEŞİL BİRLEŞME VE SATIN ALMALARIN İNCELENMESİ: BİBLİYOMETRİK BİR ANALİZ

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Son yıllarda, çevresel bozulmanın ve iklim değişikliğinin dünya çapında bir endişe haline gelmesiyle, kuruluşlar sürdürülebilir uygulamalara yöneldiler. Rekabetçi konumlandırma için önemli bir taktik olan birleşme ve satınalmalar, sürdürülebilirlik hedeflerine öncelik verdiklerinde "Yeşil Birleşme ve Satınalma" olarak adlandırılır. Yeşil Birleşme ve Satınalmalar, işletmelerin yeşil dönüşüm yolculuklarına başlamaları, emisyon azaltmaları ve enerji tasarrufu hedeflerine ulaşmaları için uygulanabilir bir seçenektir. Bu durum, bilim insanlarının bu alanda araştırma yaparak çevresel hedeflerin nasıl desteklendiği ve şirketlerin ekolojik etkilerini nasıl azalttığını araştırmalarına sebep olmaktadır. Bu çalışma, 2015'ten 2024'e kadar WOS endeksine dahil edilen dergilerde içerik analizi yöntemi kullanarak, Yeşil Birleşme ve Satınalmalar konusunu araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Ek olarak çalışma, birleşme ve satınalmaların küresel göstergelerini incelemektedir. Çalışmanın bulguları, Yeşil Birleşme ve Satınalmalar konulu yayınların büyük çoğunluğunun (%86) 2020 ile 2024 arasında yapıldığını ve Çinli yazarların bu yayınlarının %44'ünü oluşturduğunu göstermektedir. Farklı ülkelerden üç veya daha fazla akademisyenin ortak yayınları, 2020-2024 yılları arasında yayınlanan makalelerin %61,5'ini oluşturmaktadır. Farklı ülkelerden araştırmacıların konuyu araştırmak için birlikte çalışması, konunun evrensel bir öneme sahip olduğunu düşündürmektedir. İncelenen yayınlarda en çok araştırılan konuların yeşil inovasyon (%14), yeşil birleşme ve satın almalar (%14), ağır kirlilik (%11), karbon sorunları (%11) ve sınır ötesi birleşme ve satın almalar (%8) olduğu gözlemlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Birleşme ve Satınalma
• İçerik Analizi
• Yeşil Birleşme ve Satınalma
• Sürdürülebilirlik

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