The economic geographies of mergers and acquisitions (M&As)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4140809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louanne Keenan (0000-0003-4877-1472, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, corresponding author), Daniel Wojcik (0000-0003-2158-284X, National University of Singapore, Singapore) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1618-1627 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308518x231190091 |
| PMID | 37810992 |
| OpenAlex | W4385875130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 40 |
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
Attractiveness · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Financialization · Globalization · Market economy · Mergers and acquisitions · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Finance
Financialization and the World Economy
Cross-border mergers/acquisitions
Beyond strategic coupling
The political economy debate on ‘financialization’ – a macroeconomic perspective
The rise of transnational state capital
Towards an economic geography of FinTech
Geography of Domestic Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)
Mining shareholder value
Cultural political economy
Mapping the Characteristics of Foreign Investment Screening Mechanisms
Financializing space, spacing financialization
Critical semiotic analysis and cultural political economy
Risky Returns
The cliquishness of world cities
Changes in Corporate Control in the British Urban System, 1972-1977
Follow the money
Financial discipline through inter-sectoral mergers and acquisitions
Expropriation of Capitalist by State Capitalist
Mergers and Acquisitions
Toward a Dynamic Theory of Global Production Networks
Food and finance
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |