Agglomeration and the choice between acquisitions and alliances: An information economics perspective

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1085-1106

  McCann, Brian T ^a   Reuer, Jeffrey J ^b   Lahiri, Nandini ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acquisitions; agglomeration theory; alliances; geographic clusters; information economics

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

ALLIANCES; CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES; GEOGRAPHIC CLUSTERS; GEOGRAPHICAL CLUSTERING; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; INFORMATION ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED RESOURCES; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84929428989     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2387     Document Type: Article

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