This study examines the impact of uncertainty on mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity. We focus on product market uncertainty in the oil and gas sector. Analysing this industry enables us to construct a natural forward-looking measure of product market uncertainty, namely the implied crude oil...

This Article describes how the researcher defines the Area of Research, Identifies the Business Problem, Research Gaps, Theoretical Underpinning and Theoretical Gap, Aligns the Research Gaps with Theoretical Gap and Formulates the Research Problem, Research Questions, Research Objectives, Frames...