An analysis of value destruction and recovery in the alliance and proposed merger of Volvo and Renault 1 I thank many people for helpful comments and contributions, most notably Karl-Adam Bonnier, Susan Chaplinsky, Ken Eades, Bob Harris, Mike Jensen (editor), Krishna Palepu (referee), Kristian Rydqvist, Sven-Ivan Sundqvist, Anjan Thakor, and seminar participants at Virginia and Indiana. My colleague, Robert Spekman, assisted in some of the later research interviews as part of our parallel research on strategic alliances. I gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of Volvo, Renault, and 20 interviewees, as well as the financial support of a Citicorp Global Scholarship, the Darden School Foundation, and the Darden Partnership Program. Some interviewees requested anonymity, a request respected here. Others were willing to speak for the record and are identified in the text of the article. I am solely responsible for interpretations herein and any errors that may remain. 1
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An analysis of value destruction and recovery in the alliance and proposed merger of Volvo and Renault 1 I thank many people for helpful comments and contributions, most notably Karl-Adam Bonnier, Susan Chaplinsky, Ken Eades, Bob Harris, Mike Jensen (editor), Krishna Palepu (referee), Kristian Rydqvist, Sven-Ivan Sundqvist, Anjan Thakor, and seminar participants at Virginia and Indiana. My colleague, Robert Spekman, assisted in some of the later research interviews as part of our parallel research on strategic alliances. I gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of Volvo, Renault, and 20 interviewees, as well as the financial support of a Citicorp Global Scholarship, the Darden School Foundation, and the Darden Partnership Program. Some interviewees requested anonymity, a request respected here. Others were willing to speak for the record and are identified in the text of the article. I am solely responsible for interpretations herein and any errors that may remain. 1