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Trucking Mergers and Acquisitions in Canada and the U.S. Since NAFTA

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  • Mary R. Brooks
  • Pamela Ritchie

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This article investigates the motivations for a sample of Canadian and U.S. trucking company M&As through a review of press releases picked up by the wire services at the time of announcement, and through an in‐depth examination of filings at the time of the M&As. The authors conclude that existing typologies, used to explain M&A activity in other sectors, cannot be usefully applied to the transport sector and so a new typology is proposed. Six case studies are presented to provide support for the proposed typology and, as a secondary issue, to explore the success/failure profile of M&As in the trucking industry.

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  • Mary R. Brooks & Pamela Ritchie, 2005. "Trucking Mergers and Acquisitions in Canada and the U.S. Since NAFTA," Transportation Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 44(3), pages 23-38, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:transj:v:44:y:2005:i:3:p:23-38
    DOI: 10.2307/20713604
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