MAP20071507449 Villalonga, Belen The Choice among acquisitions, alliances, and divestitures / Belén Villalonga and Anita M. McGahan Acquisitions, alliances, and divestitures of a group of large firms are examined during the 1990s to evaluate how these firms chose to conduct transactions that expanded and contracted their boundaries. Acquisitions, alliances and divestitures are strategic alternatives along a continuum of governance modes En: Strategic management journal. - Chichester [etc.] : Wiley. - Vol. 26, nº 13, December 2005 ; p. 1183-1208 1. Estrategia empresarial . 2. Estructura empresarial . 3. Rentabilidad . 4. Crecimiento económico . 5. Adquisición de empresas . 6. Alianzas empresariales . I. McGahan, Anita M. . II. Title.