will match in mergers and spinoffs. We calculate several patent portfolio-based measures of complementarity and spillovers … provide the more robust explanation. The mergers and spinoffs observed in plant biotechnology may have been designed to …

market for innovation. Recent data on mergers, acquisitions, and strategic collaborations in the agricultural biotechnology …

-production facilities involved in mergers and acquisitions. The industries are meatpacking, meat processing, poultry slaughtering and … that mergers and acquisitions contributed to the general improvement in labor productivity, echoing an earlier ERS study …

horizontal merger activity. We propose a theoretically-backed methodological approach to classify mergers that yields more … information on merger types and merger effects, and that can, moreover, distinguish between mergers characterized largely by … collusion-based synergies and mergers characterized largely by efficiency-based synergies. Crucial to the proposed measurement …

that it is beneficial to be a non-merging rival firm to a large horizontal merger. Using a sample of mergers with expert …

Trade union mergers are regarded as a revitalisation strategy and are often associated with the goal of increasing … organisational power. But little is known about how mergers really affect the unions involved. This paper argues that the effects of …

The mergers between AT&T and Cingular, Sprint and Nextel, and Verizon and Alltel telecommunication companies have … companies completed the ideal merger? The thesis analyzes the mergers in chronological order of the merger deals starting from …

Mergers and acquisitions within the Australian-real estate investment trusts (A-REITs) sector have become a noticeable … trend in the last decade. Utilising event study methodology, 36 successful A-REIT mergers and acquisitions between January …