-exploitation continuum and profitability, survival and acquisition likelihood simultaneously, and investigate potential trade-offs between … exploration for the acquisition likelihood and survival likelihood of high-tech start-ups, and for the profitability of low and … medium tech start-ups, but the relationship is linearly negative for the profitability of high-tech start-ups and the …

This study examines the profitability of acquiring firms in the pre- and post-merger periods. The sample consists of … 153 listed merged companies. Five alternative measures of profitability were employed to study the impact of mergers on … the profitability of acquiring firms. The results reveal that profitability declined in 55% of companies, and only 29% of …