Gray, Sidney J.; McDermott, Michael C. - In: European Management Journal 6 (1988) 1, pp. 26-43
"Merger-mania" is an unquestioned piece of jargon in current vogue. In this study of international merger and take-over activity in the 1980's, the authors assess current trends in relation to the last 20 years. They detect several new features: the changing nature of the aggressor, the urge to...