作者：Lubatkin, M; Schulze, WS; Mainkar, A; Cotterill, RW
作者单位：University of Connecticut; emlyon business school; University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; James Madison University; University of Connecticut
摘要：Using an ecological lens, we extend strategic management and industrial organization theory to investigate the performance effects of horizontal mergers. We theorize that firms differ in their ability to benefit from horizontal mergers; that the products involved in the merger differ in their ability to attain and sustain any increase in performance above their premerger level; and that resource niches in which each product competes differ in terms of competitive constraints. We then test thes...
