This paper provides a theory of strategic innovation project choice by incumbents and start-ups. We apply this theory …

's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick. According to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Horizontal Merger …

regime where widely-held public companies dominate. In the discourse, little has been said about the contribution of merger … manner in which anti-competitive behaviour is regulated influences the extent to which transformative merger activity takes …

A great merger wave occurring in the United States between 1897 and 1903 was the single most important event in a …'s corporate economy from arrangements in most other countries. This paper examines the turn-of-the-century consolidation movement … dispersed share ownership. The merger wave of 1897 to 1903 illustrates that surges in demand for shares founded upon optimistic …

This paper provides a theory of strategic innovation project choice by incumbents and start-ups. We show that …

answer to this question hinges on how much the “theory” of killer acquisitions explains. To gain insights on this, the paper … studies a sample of past cases composed of all merger transactions reviewed by the European Commission (“EC”) in ICT … industries. In line with the predictions of the theory, some of these cases might constitute “killer acquisitions”. Hence, the …

This paper provides a theory of strategic innovation project choice by incumbents and start-ups which serves as a …, including merger remedies and the tax treatment of acquisitions and initial public offerings. Such interventions tend to prevent …

incorporated in Nigeria under the Companies and Allied Matters Act [1990], which have undergone a merger or an acquisition process … the post merger and acquisition corporate entity. The evidence also shows that mergers and acquisitions provided only a …