Journal Article - International Politics

European Mergers Trump US Acquisitions: Legitimacy Makes All the Difference

| Fall 2005

Overview

Corporations have learned the difference. And various European nations have learned from their imperial problems in the past. But the super power United States still has this learning curve ahead of it. Takeovers don’t produce the cooperative trust that maximizes productive synergies.

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For Academic Citation: Rosecrance, Richard. “European Mergers Trump US Acquisitions: Legitimacy Makes All the Difference.” International Politics, vol. 42. no. 3. (Fall 2005):
16-19
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