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Post-deal integration management​

Key topics in this area studied by eM&Ai members:​​

People

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  • Identity and cultural dynamics in post-acquisition integration

  • Actors perceptions and emotions in M&A

  • Middle management involvement in acquisition strategy  implementation

  • Key people and employee retention

  • Acquisition brokers

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Key topics in this area studied by eM&Ai members:​​​

Process

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  • Different integration approaches for different objectives

  • Cooperation dynamics and networks in M&A 

  • Knowledge transfer and co-innovation in M&A

  • Synergy realization

  • Routine combination and dynamics

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Performance

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Key topics in this area studied by eM&Ai members:​​

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  • Evaluating M&A performance

  • Synergy realization

  • Serial acquirers and acquisition learning 

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Featured research

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Navigating challenging contexts: costs and benefits of codified acquisition experience
Bauer, F., King, D., Schriber, S., Kruckenhauser, C. 2021, Long Range Planning. 17 p.

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Strategic Agility, Internationalisation Speed and International Success – The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Growth Modes
Demir, R., Campopiano, G., Kruckenhauser, C., Bauer, F. 2021,  Journal of International Management. 27, 1, 20 p.

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Retaliation effectiveness and acquisition performance: the influence of managerial decisions and industry context
Bauer, F., King, D., Schriber, S. 2021,  British Journal of Management. 19 p.

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Deadly sins and corporate acquisitions
Schriber, S., King, D., Bauer, F. 2021, Culture and Organization. 27, 1, p. 1-15. 15 p.

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Should I Stay, or Should I Go? Multi-focus Identification and Employee Retention in Post-Acquisition Integration

Steigenberger, N., N. Mirc, 2020,  Human Relations, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. 981–1009

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Postacquisition Boundary Spanning: A Relational Perspective on Integration

Colman, H. L., A. Rouzies,  2019, Journal of Management, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 2225–2253.

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Recasting the dynamics of post-acquisition integration: An embeddedness perspective

Rouzies, A., H. L. Colman, D. Angwin, 2019, Long Range Planning, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 271-282

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Toward a Theory of Organizational Integration

Castañer X., Ketokivi M., 2018, Advances in Strategic Management,  pp. 53-80.

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Synergy Sources, Target Autonomy and Integration in Acquisitions

Zaheer A., Castañer X., Souder D., 2013/03. Journal of Management, 39 (3) pp. 604-632.

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Sociocultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Unresolved Paradoxes and Directions for Future Research

Stahl, G. K., A. Rouzies, N. Mirc, A. et al,  2013 , Thunderbird International Business Review,  vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 333-356

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Identification Processes in Post-Acquisition Integration: The Role of Social Interactions

Rouzies, A., H. L. Colman 2012,  Corporate Reputation Review

 

Connecting the micro- and macro-level: Proposition of a research design to study post-acquisition synergies through a social network approach

Mirc, N.,2012, Scandinavian Journal of Management, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 121-135

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