Durán-Carbó, Verónica; ReVelle, Charles; Serra, Daniel - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006
In this paper we present a model that studies firm mergers in a spatial setting. A new model is formulated that addresses the issue of finding the number of branches that have to be eliminated by a firm after merging with another one, in order to maximize profits. The model is then applied to an...