When the target may know better: Effects of experience and information asymmetries on value from mergers and acquisitions

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 609-625

  Cuypers, Ilya R P ^a   Cuypers, Youtha ^b   Martin, Xavier ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acquisition target; bargaining; experience advantage; M A performance; product market scope

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; MANAGERS;

ACQUISITION TARGETS; BARGAINING; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; EXPERIENCE ADVANTAGE; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; INFORMATION ECONOMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PRODUCT MARKETS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84960921500     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2502     Document Type: Article

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