Garbuio, Massimo; Lovallo, Dan; Horn, John - In: Advances in mergers and acquisitions, (pp. 83-104). 2010
Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) are an important element of any company's growth plan. However, the actual performance of most M&A activity fails to live up to the expectations of the acquirers. The psychological biases that affect decision-making have been posited as a source of this disappointing...