Lessons from the flipside: How do acquirers learn from divestitures to complete acquisitions?

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Đoàn, Thu Trang, Sahib, PadmaRao, Witteloostuijn, Arjenvan
• مؤلفون آخرون: Khoa Quốc tế, ĐHQGHN
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Elsevier 2019
• الموضوعات: Acquisitions; Divestitures; Organizational learning; Pre-integration process; Vicarious learning
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/64798

We examine whether experience from prior divestitures is associated with higher completion likelihood in subsequent acquisitions. We argue that through divestitures, firms could extract meaningful knowledge that is helpful for completing their acquisitions, such as a general understanding of acquisi...