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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405116234 ISBN 13: 9781405116237

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

This book reviews both successful and unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions, exploring the reasons why so many fail to live up to expectations.

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• 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.

About this title

About the Author

Amy L. Pablo is Associate Professor of Strategic Management in the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.

Mansour Javidan is Professor of Strategic Management and Chair of the Department of Strategy and Global Management in the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.

From the Back Cover

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.

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405116234
• ISBN 13: 9781405116237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Pablo Amy L., Javidan Mansour