Research notes and commentaries assessing the effects of mergers and acquisitions on firm performance, plant productivity, and workers: New evidence from matched employer-employee data

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 903-916

  Siegel, Donald S ^a   Simons, Kenneth L ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Downsizing; Human capital; Matched employer employee data; Mergers and acquisitions; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; HUMAN CAPITALS; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; OWNERSHIP CHANGES; PLANT PRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EMPLOYMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 77954516421     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.843     Document Type: Review

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