Ecological investigation of firm effects in horizontal mergers

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 335-357

  Lubatkin, Michael ^a,b   Schulze, William S ^c   Mainkar, Avinash ^d   Cotterill, Ronald W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal mergers; Organization ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001714801     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.162     Document Type: Article

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