An overview of three decades of mergers and acquisitions research

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.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Three decades of strategic management research on M&As: Citations, co-citations, and topics

Merger and acquisitions (M&As) strategies have been growingly deployed by firms for their domestic and international expansion, to redefine their business scope or take advantage of emerging opportunities. In this paper we conduct a bibliometric study of the extant strategy research on M&As, assessed by the articles published in the main journal for strategic management studies over the period 1984-2010. Results reveal the highest impact works (articles and books), the intellectual ties among authors and theories that form five main clusters of research, and the topics delved into. Performance effects, M&As as diversification strategies and RBV and capabilities-based topics have dominated the extant research. The study contributes to the extant knowledge on M&As by taking stock of the accumulated knowledge and research direction, complementing other literature reviews with a strategic management specific perspective. Thus, we provide a rear view of the field which facilitates detecting untapped gaps that may be munificent avenues for future research.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Schumpeter’s (1934) influence on entrepreneurship (and management) research

Entrepreneurship research has flourished since de 1980s, following the institutional development that created schools and courses, research centers and dedicated journals. This paper examines the impact of Joseph Schumpeter, one of the main “knowledge producers” whose concepts and ideas on the entrepreneur, entrepreneurship and innovation have shaped the discipline and much of the research on entrepreneurship, and has influenced the thought on other areas of management. Methodologically, we conducted a bibliometric study of the articles published in 16 high stature international journals, over a period of 30 years, between 1981 and 2010. On a sample of 412 articles citing Schumpeter, we analyzed and mapped citations, co-citations and research themes. We further establish distinctions between entrepreneurship and management research. This study presents a manner to examine the influence of a scholar, and a set of conceptualizations he has introduced, on a discipline. Schumpeter has had an imprint in the multidisciplinary and wealth of research themes that entrepreneurship scholars have delved upon but also in other management disciplines, where his perspectives on entrepreneurship, the entrepreneur and innovation have contributed to much of the research conducted to date. Although entrepreneurship has remained largely multidisciplinary and drawing from the main management theories there is a growing body of entrepreneurship-specific literature.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Understanding the Footprint of the RBV in International Business Studies: the Last Twenty Years of Research

International business (IB) research has evolved substantially over the past four decades incorporating new concerns and theoretical contributions. During the past two decades, the Resource-Based View (RBV) has gained the preference of many IB scholars and has gradually become one of the dominant theoretical perspectives for studying IB decisions and operations. The 1991 article “Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage” by Jay Barney is recognized as a fundamental contribution to the Resource-Based View (RBV). In this paper we assess the influence of the RBV, proxied by Jay Barney’s (1991) article, on IB research over the twenty years period, from 1991 to 2010. In this bibliometric study of the articles published in the leading journal for IB research – Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) – we conduct citation and co-citation analyses, the networks of co-authorship, and delve into the analysis of the key research topics. Beyond understanding the extant research we also contribute to i identifying future research avenues.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Evolution of the Aviation Industry: Impact of Digital Transformation of Learning Solutions

Growing innovation in the aviation industry and the impact of Covid-19 is driving the transformation of learning strategies. Research has demonstrated the need and growth of digital learning solutions for the future workforce and so the purpose of this dissertation is to examine these new learning experiences and their impact on both academic and business environments in the aviation industry. Based on the literature review of the evolution of the aviation industry, the impact of Covid19, and the digital transformation of learning solutions, an online survey was made and distributed to potential participants. These participants were part of the aviation industry and were asked to answer eight different questions. The first three questions were aimed at the distribution of the population between academic and business environments, and between student/trainee and teacher/trainer, and the distribution of the different digital learning solutions that are being used by them. The next four questions were asked to see the main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of using digital learning solutions. The last question consisted in a space to be filled in with additional observations, if that participants had any. Analysis of the answers allowed to make a SWOT matrix on the use of these digital solutions which then allowed to make a TOWS analysis in order to prepare a strategy to mitigate the negative impact. On this basis, it is recommended that academic and business organizations define adequate stratagies in order to promote the use of these solutions in the future.A crescente inovação na indústria aeronáutica e o impacto do Covid-19 estão a impulsionar a transformação das estratégias de aprendizagem. A investigação tem demonstrado a necessidade e o crescimento de soluções de aprendizagem digital para a mão-de-obra futura e por isso o objectivo desta dissertação é examinar estas novas experiências de aprendizagem e o seu impacto tanto no ambiente académico como empresarial na indústria da aviação. Com base na revisão bibliográfica sobre a evolução da indústria aeronáutica, o impacto do Covid-19, e a transformação digital das soluções de aprendizagem, foi feito um inquérito online que foi distribuído aos potenciais participantes. Estes participantes faziam parte da indústria aeronáutica e foram convidados a responder a oito perguntas diferentes. As três primeiras perguntas destinavam-se à distribuição da população entre ambientes académicos e empresariais, e entre estudante/formando e professor/formador, e à distribuição das diferentes soluções de aprendizagem digital que estão a ser utilizadas pelos mesmos. As quatro perguntas seguintes foram feitas para identificar os principais pontos fortes, fraquezas, oportunidades e ameaças da utilização de soluções de aprendizagem digital. E a última pergunta para ser preenchida com observações adicionais, caso existissem. A análise das respostas permitiu fazer uma matriz SWOT sobre a utilização destas soluções digitais que consequentemente permitiu fazer uma análise TOWS a fim de preparar uma estratégia para mitigar o impacto negativo. Nesta base, recomenda-se que as organizações académicas e empresariais utilizem estratégias diferentes como factor chave para prosperar a utilização de soluções digitais no futuro

PEIRCE, FREGE, RUSSELL E O SURGIMENTO DA PREDICAÇÃO LÓGICA CONTEMPORÂNEA

Apresentamos neste artigo explicitações histórico-conceituais sobre o surgimento da predicação lógica contemporânea. Quando se trata de predicação, remete-se de imediato à obra de Aristóteles, mas, com as transformações trazidas pela Lógica Contemporânea, o estudo da predicação deixa o plano do estudo lógico-gramatical para o estudo do plano da análise lógicomatemática. Veremos, nesse sentido, a importância dos trabalhos de Peirce, Frege e Russell para o surgimento da predicação lógica contemporânea. Embora Peirce tenha sido o precursor da introdução do conceito de função proposicional na História da Lógica, ganha destaque, contemporaneamente, o modelo de interpretação da predicação inicialmente proposto por Frege

Instantaneous Gratification and Common Property Resource Games

Treballs Finals del Màster d'Economia, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2016-2017, Tutors : Jesús Marín Solano ; Jorge Navas RódenesWe compute the cooperative and noncooperative solutions for sophisticated agents with Instantaneous-Gratification discounting in infinite horizon, as an extension of the work of Harris & Laibson (2013) and Zou, Chen & Wedge (2014). This research contributes to the existing literature to the extent that we compute multi-agent sophisticated solutions with Instantaneous-Gratification discounting in infinite time, and we place the results of the Instantaneous-Gratification model in context of the management of renewable natural resources. The conclusions withdrawn are applicable for resources of any kind and are suitable for settings where the temporal horizon is unlimited, but the duration of the short-run is large enough to dodge the future. The discussion of this work is useful for policy implementation towards exploitation of renewable natural resources under different forms of ownership

The cultural models in international business research: A bibliometric study of IB journals

Culture has been a widely researched topic in the International Business (IB) literature over the last decades. To better understand what culture actually means and its implication in firms? IB operations, several cultural models and taxonomies have been put forward. In this paper we seek to scrutinize the use of three well known cultural models - Hall?s (1976), Hofstede?s (1980a) and Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner?s (1993) - in the extant research. Using bibliometric techniques of the papers published in the top ranked IB journals, we performed a citation and co-citation analysis to find out the most influential model and to examine the possible linkages between models and to the issues being researched. We conclude that Hofstede?s (1980a) taxonomy is the most cited and his taxonomy has strong linkages to several streams of research. Nonetheless, we also find that there are noticeable differences on how research in different journals make use of the cultural models, probably reflecting not surprising disciplinary emphases.Cultural models, Hofstede, Trompenaars, Hall, bibliometric study