The process of identifying and evaluating a target firm, completing a deal after its negotiation
and announcement, and then integrating a target firm after legal combination is a multi-year …

The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) literature is vast, spanning over half a century of
research endeavor and drawing upon multiple disciplinary perspectives. Despite this wealth …

Despite decades of research, the key factors for success in mergers and acquisitions (M&As)
and the reasons why M&As often fail remain poorly understood. While attempts to explain …

To date, there has been little research about the corporate growth of born-global companies
and relatively little data exist about their maturation, survival as independent companies (or …

Applying sensemaking research to acquisition integration, we outline factors that influence
employee resistance to acquisitions. While integration is widely viewed as important to …

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions by emerging multinational enterprises have
significant failure rates due to difficulties in gaining legitimacy from local stakeholders. By …

News on merger and acquisition (M&A) activities frequently dominate the popular business
press. While the announcement of an M&A usually elicits enthusiasm in the business …

This article examines the role of absorptive capacity in acquisitions. We propose that
absorptive capacity is an important determinant of acquisition knowledge transfer. Also, we …

This paper explores perceptions of job changes and cross-cultural interactions in a
multicultural team resulting from a cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A). It is based on …

This paper complements existing research on the role of cultural similarity in cross-border
M&As by examining their effects in conjunction with relative status positions of merging …