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How anticipated employee mobility affects acquisition likelihood: Evidence from a natural experiment

Kenneth Younge; Tony W. Tong; Lee Fleming · 2014 · Strategic Management Journal

WASTE classifies this as Negative / Null Result Report · AI classification, approximate

The study found no significant effect — useful as a negative control or null benchmark for your own design.

Abstract (excerpt)

This study draws on strategic factor market theory and argues that acquirers' decisions regarding whether to bid for a firm reflect their expectations about employee departure from the firm post‐acquisition, suggesting a negative…

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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1002/smj.2237