One of the key processes that business leaders are using to grow their organizations is mergers and acquisitions (M …

to identify the effects of prohibiting start-up acquisitions. We differentiate between killer acquisitions (when the … incumbent does not commercialize the acquired start-up's technology) and acquisitions with commercialization. A restrictive …

relative to what is socially optimal. Moreover, prohibiting acquisitions may increase or decrease consumer surplus. The more …, the more likely is that consumers benefit (suffer) following an acquisition. These results are robust to acquisitions …

terms of mergers and acquisitions, resulting in a decreasing number of hospital owners. In this study, I examine the ex … liquid resources are more often the targets of acquisitions. On the other hand, hospitals with a lower equity-to-assets ratio …

The strategic management literature has found it difficult to differentiate between collusive and efficiency …-based synergies in horizontal merger activity. We propose a schematic 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 …

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

) as advisors in mergers. However, this choice weakens any certification effect and creates a potential conflict of …