The 1990s were a “merger decade”. Never before did as many organizations merge or acquire other organizations, and above all, on a global basis. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions have become a major strategic tool for growth of multinational companies (Cartwright/Cooper 1993). The number...

We study the competition between two remanufacturers in the acquisition of used products and the sales of remanufactured products. One firm has a market advantage; we consider two separate cases where either firm could have an acquisition advantage. The problem is formulated as a simultaneous...