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Fontanella-Khan
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Porter
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Rosenfeld
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(2016 ). Anbang walking away from $14B Starwood deal . Retrieved from http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/31/anbang-walking-away-from-star-wood-deal-dj-citing-sources.html.
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Ting
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(2016 ). What Starwood's CEO is telling employees about Anbang walking away . Retrieved from http://skift.com/2016/04/01/what-starwoods-ceo-is-telling-employees-about-anbang-walking-away/.
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Ting
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Trautwein
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(1990 ). Merger motives and merger prescriptions . Strategic Management Journal , 11 (4 ): 283 –295 .
33.
Trejos
N.
(2016 ). Marriott, Starwood shareholders approve merger . Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/roadwarriorvoices/2016/04/08/marriott-starwood-shareholders-vote-merger-friday/82781456/.
34.
Wei
L.
&
Karmin
C.
(2016 ). Chinese firms vie to buy Starwood Hotels: Deal could be the largest-ever Chinese takeover of a U.S. company . Retrieved from http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-firms-vie-to-buy-starwood-hotels-1445968609.
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Wu
K.
(2016 ). China's Anbang to buy Allianz's Korean operations after dropping Starwood bid . Retrieved from http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-anbang-to-buy-allianzs-korean-operations-days-after-dropping-starwood-bid-1459928432.
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Yu
R.
(2016 ). Anbang abandons pursuit of Starwood . Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/03/31/anbang-plans-abandon-pursuit-starwood/82483946/.
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Black
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Cendrowski
S.
(2016 ). Anbang keeps acquisitions rolling after dropping Starwood bid . Retrieved from http://fortune.com/2016/04/06/anbang-keeps-acquisitions-rolling/.
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Epstein
D. L.
(2014 ). Chain restaurant merger & acquisition census . Retrieved from http://www.jhchapman.com/SiteContent/Documents//LibraryPDFs/chainmanda//2014-Chain-Restaurant-M-A-Census.pdf.
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42.Marriott. (2016 ). Marriott International reaffirms its commitment to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide . Retrieved from http://news.marriott.com/2016/03/marriott-international-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-acquire-starwood-hotels-resorts-worldwide-says-it.html.
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44.
Massoudi
A.
&
Fontanella-Khan
J.
(2016 ). China's Anbang agrees $6.5bn hotel deal with Blackstone . Retrieved from http://search.ft.com/search?queryText=China%E2%80%99s+Anbang+agrees+%246.5bn+hotel+deal+with+Blackstone.
45.
Porter
M. E.
(1985 ). Competitive Advantage . New York : Free Press .
46.
Ravenscraft
D. J.
&
Scherer
F. M.
(1987 ). Life after takeover . The Journal of Industrial Economics , 147 –156 .
47.
Rosenfeld
E.
(2016 ). Anbang walking away from $14B Starwood deal . Retrieved from http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/31/anbang-walking-away-from-star-wood-deal-dj-citing-sources.html.
48.
Sickel
J.
(2016 ). An ongoing timeline of Starwood's sale . Retrieved from http://www.businesstravelnews.com/Lodging/An-Ongoing-Timeline-of-Starwoods-Sale.
49.
Ting
D.
(2016 ). What Starwood's CEO is telling employees about Anbang walking away . Retrieved from http://skift.com/2016/04/01/what-starwoods-ceo-is-telling-employees-about-anbang-walking-away/.
50.
Ting
D.
(2016 ). Bill Marriott says “We were done” if Anbang had made another Starwood bid . Retrieved from https://skift.com/2016/04/06/bill-marriott-says-we-were-done-if-anbang-had-made-another-starwood-bid/.
51.
Trautwein
F.
(1990 ). Merger motives and merger prescriptions . Strategic Management Journal , 11 (4 ): 283 –295 .
52.
Trejos
N.
(2016 ). Marriott, Starwood shareholders approve merger . Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/roadwarriorvoices/2016/04/08/marriott-starwood-shareholders-vote-merger-friday/82781456/.
53.
Wei
L.
&
Karmin
C.
(2016 ). Chinese firms vie to buy Starwood Hotels: Deal could be the largest-ever Chinese takeover of a U.S. company . Retrieved from http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-firms-vie-to-buy-starwood-hotels-1445968609.
54.
Wu
K.
(2016 ). China's Anbang to buy Allianz's Korean operations after dropping Starwood bid . Retrieved from http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-anbang-to-buy-allianzs-korean-operations-days-after-dropping-starwood-bid-1459928432.
55.
Yu
R.
(2016 ). Anbang abandons pursuit of Starwood . Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/03/31/anbang-plans-abandon-pursuit-starwood/82483946/.