Virginia Bodolica is Associate Professor of Management at American University of Sharjah, School of Business and Management, UAE.Martin Spraggon is Associate Professor of Management at American University of Sharjah, School of Business and Management, UAE.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Preface Part I: Overview of M&As and Executive Compensation 1. M&A Activities: Global Portrait and Merger Motives 2. Incentive Design of Executive Compensation Packages 3. Conceptual Framework Linking M&As with Executive Compensation Part II: Bidders’ Executive Compensation before the Deal 4. Impact of Bidding Executive Compensation on Bidder-Specific M&A Occurrence 5. Impact of Bidding Executive Compensation on M&A Characteristics Part III: Targets’ Executive Compensation before the Deal 6. Impact of Target-Specific M&A Occurrence (Threat of Takeover) on Target Executive Compensation 7. Impact of Target Executive Compensation on M&A Characteristics Part IV: Acquirers’ Executive Compensation after the Deal 8. Impact of M&A Characteristics on Executive Compensation of Acquiring Firms Part V: Discussion and Priorities for Future Research 9. Discussion of Extant Knowledge on M&As and Executive Compensation 10. Priorities for Future Research Endeavors in the Field About the Authors Index

Virginia Bodolica is Associate Professor of Management at American University of Sharjah, School of Business and Management, UAE.Martin Spraggon is Associate Professor of Management at American University of Sharjah, School of Business and Management, UAE.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Preface Part I: Overview of M&As and Executive Compensation 1. M&A Activities: Global Portrait and Merger Motives 2. Incentive Design of Executive Compensation Packages 3. Conceptual Framework Linking M&As with Executive Compensation Part II: Bidders’ Executive Compensation before the Deal 4. Impact of Bidding Executive Compensation on Bidder-Specific M&A Occurrence 5. Impact of Bidding Executive Compensation on M&A Characteristics Part III: Targets’ Executive Compensation before the Deal 6. Impact of Target-Specific M&A Occurrence (Threat of Takeover) on Target Executive Compensation 7. Impact of Target Executive Compensation on M&A Characteristics Part IV: Acquirers’ Executive Compensation after the Deal 8. Impact of M&A Characteristics on Executive Compensation of Acquiring Firms Part V: Discussion and Priorities for Future Research 9. Discussion of Extant Knowledge on M&As and Executive Compensation 10. Priorities for Future Research Endeavors in the Field About the Authors Index

Virginia Bodolica is Associate Professor of Management at American University of Sharjah, School of Business and Management, UAE.Martin Spraggon is Associate Professor of Management at American University of Sharjah, School of Business and Management, UAE.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Preface Part I: Overview of M&As and Executive Compensation 1. M&A Activities: Global Portrait and Merger Motives 2. Incentive Design of Executive Compensation Packages 3. Conceptual Framework Linking M&As with Executive Compensation Part II: Bidders’ Executive Compensation before the Deal 4. Impact of Bidding Executive Compensation on Bidder-Specific M&A Occurrence 5. Impact of Bidding Executive Compensation on M&A Characteristics Part III: Targets’ Executive Compensation before the Deal 6. Impact of Target-Specific M&A Occurrence (Threat of Takeover) on Target Executive Compensation 7. Impact of Target Executive Compensation on M&A Characteristics Part IV: Acquirers’ Executive Compensation after the Deal 8. Impact of M&A Characteristics on Executive Compensation of Acquiring Firms Part V: Discussion and Priorities for Future Research 9. Discussion of Extant Knowledge on M&As and Executive Compensation 10. Priorities for Future Research Endeavors in the Field About the Authors Index