Abstract Research Summary Cross‐border acquisitions (CBAs) exhibit a wave‐like pattern, clustering temporally, industry‐wise, and at the country level. We draw upon bargaining power perspective argue that CBA wave context alters relative position between acquirer target firms, which affects deal completion. Our findings suggest acquisition deals have lower likelihood of completion compared to n...

Encapsulation has received considerable interest in the context of object-oriented programming. In particular the encapsulation of objects that are composed through inheritance has been discussed repeatedly [Snyder 86, Micallef 88]. Aspect-oriented composition has similar considerations. However, most approaches to aspect-orientation or multi-dimensional composition of concerns do not enforce e...

Large commercial publishers sell bundled online subscriptions to their entire list of academic journals at prices significantly lower than the sum of their á la carte prices. Bundle prices differ drastically between institutions, but they are not publicly posted. The data that we have collected enable us to compare the bundle prices charged by commercial publishers with those of nonprofit socie...

ANTIBIOTIC DRUGS—PENICILLIN, TETRACYCLINE, AND THEIR MORE MODERN SUCCESSORS—HAVE been critical elements in the world’s efforts to sustain health and deal with human diseases. Unfortunately, the vital role of these drugs has been critically compromised by the prevalence of dangerous infections that antibiotics can no longer control, because bacteria are resistant to them. Even nations with stron...

Fatherhood has traditionally been viewed as part of a “package deal,” where a father’s relationship with his child is contingent upon his relationship with the mother. We evaluate the accuracy of this hypothesis in light of the high rates of multiple-partnered fertility among unmarried parents using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a recent longitudinal survey of nonmarital birth...

Radiation oncology is a relatively young specialty that has evolved as a subspecialized discipline over the past 30 years. Although the use of radiation for therapeutic purposes has been studied for the last century, it has only been relatively recently that the formal specialty has been recognized. Originally, training in the use of radiation for therapeutic purposes was included as part of di...

The defeat of Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement in the British Parliament is often ascribed to prime minister's precarious situation and her inability negotiate a deal that satisfied domestic stakeholders. But contradictions Brexit were always going produce least-worst agreement patterns support for largely invariant changes its contents. Drawing on literature ratification, this article sets o...