“…Synergy motives for acquisitions include a desire for operational and market synergies, obtaining market power, diversification benefits, economies of scale, the ability to use excess capacity and other cost-efficiencies (Berkovitch and Narayanan, 1993;Chatterjee, 2009;Dutta et al, 2011;Kiymaz and Baker, 2008;Rahman et al, 2011;Ranft and Lord, 2002;Swaminathan et al, 2008;Walker, 2000). Companies can also acquire bundles of resources, such as technologies, when they engage in M&A (Caiazza and Volpe, 2015;Lin and Ho, 2021;Ranft and Lord, 2002;Wernerfelt, 1984).…”