We discuss the usefulness of signaling as a complementary theory to help understand various aspects of M&A. Beyond reviewing some of the research in this area to provide examples of contributions, we also intend to provide a critique of existing applications of signaling theory to identify gaps...

Prior research has devoted significant attention to ownership choices when firms make market-entry decisions (e.g., equity alliance versus acquisition). This article emphasizes the importance of studying firms' contractual choices as well as the potential relationships between their contractual...

The articles in this book cover the state of art of research on strategic alliances and serves to lay out a research agenda on collaborative strategy and alliance management. Scholars in the field chart the alliance literature, its evolution and current state and future course

Recent research has documented new ventures’ activity in acquisitions, and we build upon this work and the M&A literature, in order to compare the acquisition performance of new ventures and established firms. The central rationale for our work is that new ventures hold distinct resources and...

Information asymmetries between buyers and sellers can create inefficiencies in Mamp;A markets and prevent acquirers from gaining access to valuable resources and capabilities via acquisitions. Entrepreneurial firms face similar problems in raising external capital, due to the asymmetric...