Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: João Carvalho Santos
Author-Email: joao.santos@ipleiria.pt
Author-Workplace-Name: Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Author-Name: Manuel Portugal Ferreira
Author-Email: manuel.portugal@ipleiria.pt
Author-Workplace-Name: Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Author-Name: Nuno Rosa Reis
Author-Email: nuno.m.reis@ipleiria.pt
Author-Workplace-Name: Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Author-Name: Martinho Ribeiro Almeida
Author-Email: martinho@usp.br
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidade de São Paulo
Title: Mergers & acquisitions research: A bibliometric study of top strategy and international business journals
Abstract: Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are important modes through which firms carry out their domestic and international strategies. This bibliometric review examines the extant published research on M&As in top sixteen leading business journals notable for publishing strategic management and international business research, during a twenty one years period ? from 1980 to 2010. The results of our bibliometric study on a sample of 334 articles on M&As permit us conclude that M&As scholars focus mostly on ?performance? and ?environmental modeling: governmental, social, and political influences on strategy? and that M&A research does not have a specific theoretical ground. We conclude by presenting a broad discussion, and pointing out limitations and avenues for future enquiry.
Creation-Date: 2012-05-07
File-URL: https://globadvantage.ipleiria.pt/files/2012/05/working_paper-91_globadvantage.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Number: 91
Classification-JEL: M0, M1
Keywords: mergers & acquisitions; international business journals, bibliometric study, review
Handle: RePEc:pil:wpaper:91