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EVALUATING MERGERS IN FOOD INDUSTRIES UNDER PROCEDURES FOR LITIGATION OR REGULATION

Coate, Malcolm B. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1997

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806476

SIMULATING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS MERGERS: A PRACTITIONERS' GUIDE

Werden, Gregory J. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1997

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005494163

THE PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING COOPERATIVES IN DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCT MARKETS

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1997

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005494160

The Degree and Sources of Oligopsony Power: An Application to the Haitian Coffee Market

Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Dorsainvil, Daniel - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1988

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320446

Restructuring's Effect on Related and Unrelated Diversification Among Top Food Manufacturing Firms in the 1980s

Ding, John Y.; Caswell, Julie A.; Rogers, Richard T. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1993

Corporate restructuring during the 1980s is argued to have focused on improving firm performance by increasing related and decreasing unrelated diversification. The restructuring patterns of top food manufacturing firms do not support this; instead, much of the restructuring appears to have been...

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Motives for Mergers in Food Manufacturing

Cotterill, Ronald W.; Pinkerton, Don C. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1993

This paper reviews theories that identify motives for mergers, reviews recent empirical research, specifies a model … that incorporates alternative motives, and tests the model with data from food manufacturing mergers between 1979 and 1986 …. Results suggest that capital markets are not efficient, and that mergers are not to redress agency problems. Acquirers paid …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320452

Countervailing Power and Seller Performance in U.S. Food and Tobacco Manufacturing Industries

Bhuyan, Sanjib; Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1994

An analysis of the impact of buyer structure on the profitability of U.S. food manufacturing industries shows inconclusive evidence in support of the countervailing power hypothesis in these industries. However, findings show that industries that have high sales to other food manufacturing...

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A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE RESTRUCTURING STRATEGIES EMPWYED BY LARGE FOOD MANUFACTURERS IN THE 1980s

Ding, John Y.; Caswell, Julie A. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1991

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Ding, John Y.; Caswell, Julie A. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1993

Empirical studies of firm diversification suggest the existence of a positive relationship between the relatedness of diversification and firm performance. Using evidence from the food manufacturing sector, we find that this relationship is weak at best and that market share appears to be a more...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320461

A RE-EXAMINATION OF EVENT STUDIES APPLIED TO CHALLENGED HORIZONTAL MERGERS

Hopkins, Yvette S.; Connor, John M. - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1992

A growing body of empirical studies have been interpreted as support for a laissez-faire policy towards mergers. These … of 22 pairs of firms whose attempted horizontal mergers were challenged by the federal antitrust agencies. At most eight …

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