Despite the fact that one-third of worldwide mergers involve firms from different countries, the vast majority of the academic literature on mergers studies domestic mergers. What little has been written about cross-border mergers has focused on public firms, usually from the United States. Yet,...

Mergers and acquisitions (henceforth M&As) have been studied from different disciplines from the ‘60s to date. Findings from these different areas, however, lack theoretical integration and scholars often express dissatisfaction with the fragmented findings. This note will address some of...