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Bocconi University

The triad of firm-partner-target relations

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When a partner acquires a company that competes with you, value will be lost, but when the target company runs a complementary business, the value of your alliance with the acquiring partner will grow, according to research by Dovev Lavie, Bocconi University, Milan, and co-authors (BI Norwegian Business School).

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