China's economy has shifted from high-speed development to high-quality development as the marginal benefits of the traditional growth model decline. This study explores how new quality productive forces (NQPFs) drive industrial structure upgrading via factor endowment upgrading and factor...

Although the interdependence between the core competencies of the collaborating partners and synergy as an important consideration when companies decide to go for a merger is theoretically understood and evident, further empirical research is needed to integrate two concepts into a coherent...

This paper aims to extend the real options theory valuing strategic collaborative synergies by advanced real options with changing volatility and contributes to the international business literature on MNEs’ sequential acquisitions of international ventures. The proposition is that...

Various policies determine how land is accessed and used in many African countries. Often, the goals of these policies either diverge from, or reinforce each other in intricate ways. In the present study, we sought to understand the levels of synergies or otherwise, among various policies on...

The original full study analyses the evolution and current implementation status of synergies between the Horizon Europe research and innovation funding programme (HE) and the funds and programmes underpinning the European Union's (EU) Cohesion Policy (CP). Synergies between the HE and CP...