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ArticleEnvironment & planning A2023

The economic geographies of mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

Liam Keenan, Dariusz Wójcik

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Article in Environment & planning A, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Liam KeenanUniversity of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4877-1472
Dariusz WójcikNational University of Singapore, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2158-284X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are on the rise. Interlocking processes of globalization and financialization have increased their attractiveness and incentivized an upward spiral of M&A activity in recent years. This rise is profoundly spatial, as M&As reshape the geographies of production, consumption and finance, while aggravating uneven power-geometries through the concentration of corporate control. Despite this growth and inherent spatiality, economic geography research into M&As has waned. The aim this article is to demonstrate the value of M&As to economic geographers and highlight avenues for future research. This is achieved by explaining how qualitative and quantitative research into the motivations, outcomes and geographies of M&A activity can provide fresh empirical and conceptual insights surrounding wider geographical debates.

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economic geographyM&AsMergers and acquisitions

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PMID37810992
PMCPMC10555530

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