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Merger Strategy

Merger Strategy is a strategic framework within corporate development that specifies the rationale, objectives, and implementation approach for combining two or more organizations to achieve competitive advantage, with the distinguishing feature being its focus on value creation through integration planning, synergy realization, and alignment of pre-merger positioning with post-merger organizational design.

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2017–2026

324

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Publications

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Risk Reduction as a Managerial Motive for Conglomerate Mergers

Yakov Amihud, Baruch Lev · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1981 · 2.9K citations

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Who makes acquisitions? CEO overconfidence and the market's reaction☆

Ulrike Malmendier, Georey Tate · Journal of Financial Economics · 2008 · 2.8K citations

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New Evidence and Perspectives on Mergers

Gregor Andrade, Mark L. Mitchell, Erik Stafford · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2001 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Stock market driven acquisitions

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · Journal of Financial Economics · 2003 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Corporate social responsibility and stakeholder value maximization: Evidence from mergers

Xin Deng, Jun‐Koo Kang, Buen Sin Low · Journal of Financial Economics · 2013 · 1.6K citations

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Authors

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  1. YW
    Yaakov Weber

    College of Management Academic Studies, Israel

    20 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. ML
    Michael Lubatkin

    University of Connecticut, United States

    20 publications · 4K citations

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  3. SY
    Shlomo Y. Tarba

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. MA
    Michael A. Hitt

    Texas A&M University, United States

    11 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. TD
    Tomaso Duso

    German Institute for Economic Research, Germany

    11 publications · 664 citations

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Institutions

1.3K

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    23 h-index

    40 publications

    9.6K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    22 h-index

    29 publications

    6K citations

  3. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    27 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    18 h-index

    26 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    18 h-index

    23 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    1.9K citations

  7. College of Management Academic Studies

    Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel

    15 h-index

    24 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    15 h-index

    19 publications

    15K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 159 publications · 8.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Financial Economics

    34 publications · 20.2K citations

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  3. Strategic Management Journal

    SMJ · 35 publications · 10.4K citations

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  4. The Journal of Finance

    42 publications · 9.9K citations

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  5. International Journal of Industrial Organization

    32 publications · 1.7K citations

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