Dancing with the enemy? Relational hazards and the contingent value of repeat exchanges in M&A markets

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1237-1256

  Lee, Jeongsik Jay ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency mechanism; Mergers and acquisitions; Opportunism hazard; Relational embeddedness; Repeat exchange; Shadow of the future; Trade uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881016708     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0786     Document Type: Article

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