The integration of acquired or merging firms is a key driver of the success or failure of
mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Over the last 30 years, a substantial body of research has …

As employee downsizing has become increasingly ubiquitous in recent years, the study of
this phenomenon has assumed greater significance. This article develops an integrative …

We construct a measure of the pairwise relatedness of firms' human capital to examine
whether human capital relatedness is a key factor in mergers and acquisitions. We find that …

We examine the determinants and effects of M&A activity in the pharmaceutical/
biotechnology industry using SDC data on 383 firms from 1988 to 2001. For large firms …

This paper provides a systematic empirical analysis of the impact of foreign ownership on
productivity and wages in the United Kingdom. Using a specially constructed database for …

We examine the role of three types of stakeholders in the uneven adoption of an
organizational practice in different countries, arguing that organizational practices achieve …

We examine the characteristics of national systems of corporate governance to theorize
about the nature of the shareholders' and employees' interests when it comes to …

This paper reviews and summarises the results of selected studies on performance gaps
between multinational enterprises and their domestic counterparts. Performance gaps arise …

This paper examines the role of FDI as a determinant of employment by using a dynamic
labor demand model applied for a panel of 20 Central and Eastern European Countries …

abstract This study suggests that paying acquisition premiums leads to workforce reductions
in the merged firm, which in turn results in poorer post‐acquisition performance. This issue is …