empirical model, xxix–xxx, 45, 86, 11, 114–115, 118, 129, 136–137, 142–143, 178, 182, 186, 229, 260, 270–272, 286, 289–290, 296–310, 319, 332–366, 464–467

escalation of

commitment527, 23, 52, 130, 161, 320, 363, 421

momentum, 220, 263, 292, 363, 430

failure to pursue, xxviii, 204, 332, 351, 335

fit

organization(al), 49, 111

strategic, 49, 111–112, 225

forgone opportunities, xxviii, 3, 29–34, 42, 55, 92, 94, 102, 157, 201, 205, 210, 214, 219, 225, 283–284, 302, 322, 348, 350–351, 404

initial public offering, xxiii, 188

internal rate of return, xxiii, 191

joint venture, xxiii, 259, 364, 430

LBO. See leveraged buy-out

leveraged buy-out, xxiii, 189, 255

M&A(s). See merger(s) and acquisition(s)

management buy-out, xxiii, 189, 451

MBO. See management buy-out

merger(s) and acquisition(s)

performance theory, 331

multicase study method, xxvii, 4, 43–44, 119, 122, 130–137, 177

munificence, 108, 185, 280, 284, 289, 305, 309, 313, 331, 340–341, 361, 374, 380, 464–465

P and L. See profit and loss

PE(s). See price earning(s)

(post)acquisition

failure(s), 38, 44, 125, 334, 337, 366–369

success(es), 61–63, 148, 310, 353, 399

preliminary explanatory model, 396–397, 407, 422–423

price earning(s), xxiv, 191, 291, 325, 372

PIPES. See private investments in public enterprises

private investments in public enterprises, xxiv, 190

profit and loss, xxiv, 69, 210

QC. See quality control

qualitative researchSee also quantitative research, xxvi–xxvii, 118, 121, 128, 148, 153, 159, 166, 169–171, 174, 177, 178, 364, 401, 404.

quality control, xxiv, 311

quantitative research See also qualitative research, xxvii, 47, 123, 260, 348

R and D. See research and development

ranking criteria, 78, 80–81, 238, 249, 377

research and development, xxiv, 67, 90, 174, 439, 441