The aims of this paper are to study the e¤ects of mergers on the R&D activity of consolidated …rms and to explore the relationship between ex-ante relatedness of merging parties and their ex-post performances. The analysis is conducted using data of the pharmaceutical industry for the period 1988-2004. The empirical results suggest that merged companies have on average, worst performances than ...

This article reports on an investigation of the interrater agreement on the Adjustment Scales for Children and Adolescents (ASCA) syndromic profile classifications. Teaching professionals (N = 29) who shared the same classroom for a minimum of one hour per day provided independent ratings of the same child on the ASCA. Results indicated chat statistically significant interrater agreement was ac...