An overview of three decades of mergers and acquisitions research/Um panorama de tres decadas de pesquisas de fusoes e aquisicoes/Panorama de tres décadas de fusiones y adquisiciones de investigación

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have long attracted managers' attention and have been researched in different perspectives and using different theories. In this study we grasp the wealth of extant research in the field of M&As. We conducted a bibliometric study of 635 articles on strateg...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista ibero-americana de estratégia 2015-04, p.51
Hauptverfasser: Reis, Nuno Rosa, Carvalho, Fernando, Ferreira, Jose Vasconcelos
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Zusammenfassung:Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have long attracted managers' attention and have been researched in different perspectives and using different theories. In this study we grasp the wealth of extant research in the field of M&As. We conducted a bibliometric study of 635 articles on strategic management and international business research published in 34 highly ranked management journals between 1983 and 2012. We performed citation, co-citation and factor analyses to uncover the issues examined by scholars, the main theoretical approaches and themes researched. The results show a relative shift from economic and financial approaches to knowledge-based and organizational learning perspectives in recent years. There was also an evolution from assessing the performance of firms after an M&A to seeking an understanding of what may drive synergy creation after the integration process. Furthermore we observed an increasing interest in cross-border M&As. We discuss our findings, identifying gaps and suggesting paths for future research.
ISSN:2176-0756
2176-0756
DOI:10.5585/ijsm.v14i2.2222