Both research and practitioner-oriented work on mergers and acquisitions tend to discuss them as if they were a single form of organization, with specific organizational and implementation imperatives and issues. This paper develops a typology of merger and acquisitions, differentiating them in...

The time and attention that managers in firms are spending on joint ventures and the decisions to formulate joint ventures in increasing as the numbers of joint ventures increase. This article develops insights into the impact of past organizational learning on the decision to form new joint...