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M&A Activity among Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises - Selected Issues

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  • Zbigniew Michalik Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie,Katedra Przedsiębiorczości i Innowacji

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15678/krem.817

Keywords:

mergers, acquisitions, SMEs, competitiveness

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present various approaches to the processes of mergers and acquisitions at small and medium-sized enterprises. The author characterises motives for the engagement specific for SMEs, a model of the emergence of acquisition capabilities and factors that may lead to the successful performance of M&A transactions.

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Michalik, Z. (2015). M&A Activity among Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises - Selected Issues. Krakow Review of Economics and Management Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego W Krakowie, 905, 69-89. https://doi.org/10.15678/krem.817