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Mergers and Acquisitions: Creating Integrative Knowledge (Strategic Management Society) [Hardcover]

Amy L. Pablo (Editor), Mansour Javidan (Editor)

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Strategic Management Society June 14, 2004
This book reviews both successful and unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions, exploring the reasons why so many fail to live up to expectations.

  • An exploration of why mergers and acquisitions succeed or fail, based on rigorous scholarly research.
  • Stretches the boundaries of what we know about these complex phenomena.
  • Presents original ideas about the merger and acquisition strategy, the effects of mergers and acquisitions on performance, and the critical processes involved in implementation and integration.
  • Explores new areas, such as the role of culture and leadership, and the importance of knowledge transfer and learning.
  • Includes contributions from both highly respected scholars and up-and-coming stars in the field.

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Mergers and acquisitions continue to be actively pursued by firms across the globe, yet many of them are unsuccessful. This thought-provoking book reviews both successful and unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions, exploring the reasons why so many fail to live up to expectations.Drawing on the latest scholarly research, the book presents original ideas about the merger and acquisition strategy, the effects of mergers and acquisitions on performance, and the critical processes involved in implementation and integration. It also explores new areas, such as the role of culture and leadership, and the importance of knowledge transfer and learning. Contributors include highly respected scholars, such as Joe Bower, Harbir Singh, David Jemison and Miriam Erez, as well as up-and-coming stars, such as Jeff Reuer, Tom Brush and Rikard Larsson. Together, they stretch the boundaries of what we know about these complex phenomena..

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Mergers and acquisitions continue to be actively pursued by firms across the globe, yet many of them are unsuccessful. This thought-provoking book reviews both successful and unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions, exploring the reasons why so many fail to live up to expectations.

Drawing on the latest scholarly research, the book presents original ideas about the merger and acquisition strategy, the effects of mergers and acquisitions on performance, and the critical processes involved in implementation and integration. It also explores new areas, such as the role of culture and leadership, and the importance of knowledge transfer and learning. Contributors include highly respected scholars, such as Joe Bower, Harbir Singh, David Jemison and Miriam Erez, as well as up-and-coming stars, such as Jeff Reuer, Tom Brush and Rikard Larsson. Together, they stretch the boundaries of what we know about these complex phenomena.


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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
Why do some mergers and acquisitions (M&A) succeed while others fail? Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
integrating entrepreneurs, knowledge transfer following, monthly abnormal returns, different integration approaches, knowledge transfer opportunities, entrepreneurial targets, acquisition integration level, acquisition integration approaches, focal acquisition, synergy realization, acquirer characteristics, intangible targets, transition management structure, knowledge transfer activities, value creation following, private targets, competitive strategy theory, acquisition integration process, case survey method, corporate academy, general operating environment, net synergies, conciliatory processes, symbiotic approach, corporate academies
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Harvard Business Review, Free Press, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Managing Acquisitions, Oxford University Press, San Francisco, United States, Journal of Finance, Corporate Leadership Council, Harvard Business School, Financial Management, Michael Hitt, Management Science, Organizational Dynamics, Special Issue, Human Relations, Joining Forces, Lund University Press, The Synergy Trap, Thousand Oaks, Beverly Hills, Brookings Institution
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