0000000000704573
AUTHOR
E. Mazzola
Network Positions and the Probability of Being Acquired: An Empirical Analysis in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
This paper examines the relationship between the firm's direct ties, its inter-firm network prominence and its likelihood of being acquired. The authors argue that firm's direct ties and prominence enhance the firm's visibility and signal its quality – and thus foster the firm's likelihood of being acquired. However, higher levels of direct ties and prominence, by providing access to resources and the firm's status, respectively, increase the firm's ability to remain independent and thus reduce its likelihood of being acquired. Thus, the authors posit the overall relation as an inverted U-shaped. Furthermore, they show that, for firms that undergo an initial public offering, the aforementio…
Trend in rifampicin-, multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Italy, 2009-2016
In Italy, rifampicin-resistant and MDR-TB were high in foreign-born persons, but decreased from 2009 to 2016