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Revitalisation through restructuring? The effects of union mergers
Kirsch, Anja - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 22 (2015) 2, pp. 116-141
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 …
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VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL COORDINATION IN THE AGRO-BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY: EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS
Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas G.; Bjornson, Bruce - 1997
Agro-biotechnology is evolving from a pre-commercial phase dominated by basic research science to a commercial phase oriented around marketing products. In pursuing innovation rents in the commercial phase, firms are reorienting their strategies around complementary marketing and distribution...
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Why mergers reduce profits and raise share prices: A theory of preemptive mergers
Fridolfsson, Sven-Olof; Stennek, Johan - 2001
We explain the empirical puzzle why mergers reduce profits and raise share prices. If being an “insider” is better than … mergers occur, when they occur, and how the surplus is shared. …
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The effects of mergers: an international comparison
Gugler, Klaus; Mueller, Dennis C.; Yurtoglu, B. Burcin; … - 2001
This paper analyzes the effects of mergers around the world over the past 15 years. We utilize a large panel of data on … mergers to test several hypotheses about mergers. The effects of the mergers are examined by comparing the performance of the … merging firms with control groups of nonmerging firms. The comparisons are made on profitability and sales. The results show …
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The Rationale for Mergers & Acquisitions in the U.S. Wireless Industry
Pereira, Eric - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463666
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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE: 1990-2018
FLAH, mohamed - 2022
In a context of globalized competition, mergers and acquisitions are presented as effective strategies in front of … increasingly important in terms of number and volume of mergers and acquisitions’ operations. Our research work consists in … providing descriptive complementary insights to previous research, by analyzing the characteristics of mergers and acquisitions …
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Start-up Acquisitions and Innovation Strategies
Schmutzler, Armin; Letina, Igor; Seibel, Regina - 2020
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 …
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Mergers and acquisitions: A qualitative study in the medical device sector
Jacob, Alon Ben - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 9 (2020) 3, pp. 161-181
One of the key processes that business leaders are using to grow their organizations is mergers and acquisitions (M …
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Start-up acquisitions and innovation strategies
Letina, Igor; Schmutzler, Armin; Seibel, Regina - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420702
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The effect of industry restructuring on peer firms
Holcomb, Alex; Mason, Paul - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 5, pp. 1-25
We study the bond price reaction of a merged firms peers, in order to better understand how the market responds to a restructuring. We argue that a merger announcement may signal the possibility of a merger wave to the industry, and in doing so, increase the conditional probability that peer...
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