Mapping Out the Japanese Mergers & Acquisitions Patterns
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are not a new phenomenon in Japanese business. Especially after the end of the Allied occupation of Japan, the number of domestic M&As rose sharply due to the...
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We examine coordinated effects of mergers in the retail market for gasoline during the period 1986-2002. Despite significant changes in market concentration and many factors conductive to coordination,...
View ArticleA middle manager’s dilemma in mergers: a multiple case study
Existing theories regarding mergers and acquisitions mainly focus on either strategic issues that the top management has to deal with or how the employees in an organization deal with the uncertain...
View ArticleWhy do the majority of merger and acquisitions fail?
In the past ten years, there’s been a good surge in the number of mergers and acquisitions worldwide. This improvement of the number of transactions is included in the the majority of the previous...
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