This paper focuses on the relationships between observed processes of post-acquisition activities within four cross-border horizontal acquisitions that occurred in the telecommunications equipment manufacturing sector between 1988 and 1992. We discuss the desirability of such acquisitions from a...

Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell summarise crossborder telecommunications acquisition activity in the US and Europe during the past decade and report a detailed survey of four cross-border horizontal acquisitions that occurred in the telecommunications equipment manufacturing sector between...

This paper studies the incidence and impact of bilateral redeployment of resources between target and acquiring firms following 253 horizontal acquisitions involving North American and European firms between 1988 and 1992. The resources include ten types of technical, commercial, administrative...

Prior research provides ambiguous results regarding the performance of international acquisitions. Drawing on a survey of 248 acquisitions, we find that acquirers enhance their capabilities when they buy a target with a multinational geographic scope. A financial event study uses a subsample of...

This paper studies redeployment of resources between target and acquiring businesses following horizontal acquisitions. The analysis draws from perspectives that emphasize the strategic importance of resources that are subject to market failure. We define a five-part typology of R&D,...

This paper studies acquisitions of nursing home facilities by chains. We first test alternative 'cream-skimming' and 'turn-around' arguments concerning nursing home acquisitions. We then consider post-acquisition changes in nursing home health performance, differentiating effects of the...