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Mergers & acquisitions research: A bibliometric study of top strategy and international business journals, 1980–2010

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 67; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.03.015

1873-7978

Manuel Portugal Ferreira, João Carvalho Santos, Martinho Isnard Ribeiro de Almeida, Nuno Rosa Reis,

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are important modes through which firms carry out their domestic and international strategies and have been noted as the CEOs favorite strategy. As a significant field of study, M&A-research has accumulated substantial knowledge. This bibliometric study examines the extant strategy and international business literature on M&As. Methodologically, we examined a sample of 334 articles published in sixteen leading management/business journals, during a 31 year period — from 1980 to 2010. The results provide a global perspective of the field, identifying the works that have had the greater impact, the intellectual interconnections among authors and works, the main research traditions, or themes, delved upon on M&A-related research. Structural and longitudinal analyses reveal the changes in the intellectual structure of the field over time. A discussion on the accumulated knowledge and future research avenues concludes this paper.