EXAMINING GREEN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Authors : Sezin Açık Taşar

Pages : 28-40

Doi:10.58348/denetisim.1641801

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Publication Date : 2025-09-03

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :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.
Keywords : Birleşme ve Satınalma, İçerik Analizi, Yeşil Birleşme ve Satınalma, Sürdürülebilirlik

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