How anticipated employee mobility affects acquisition likelihood: Evidence from a natural experiment

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 686-708

  Younge, Kenneth A ^a   Tong, Tony W ^b   Fleming, Lee ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acquisition; employee mobility; employee noncompete agreements; human capital

Indexed keywords

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

ACQUISITION; ACQUISITION TARGETS; DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES; EMPLOYEE DEPARTURE; EMPLOYEE MOBILITY; HUMAN CAPITALS; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; STRATEGIC FACTORS;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 84926419800     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2237     Document Type: Article

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