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Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions

  • 1st Edition, Volume 4 - May 24, 2005
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Cary L. Cooper, Sydney Finkelstein
  • Language: English

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions brings together a series of articles on this topic from academics around the world with the expressed purpose of enhancing our knowledge of the… Read more

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Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions brings together a series of articles on this topic from academics around the world with the expressed purpose of enhancing our knowledge of the entire M&A process, from strategic analysis to integration. It is the diversity of perspectives in particular that creates an opportunity to learn from others, each article representing an important piece of the overall puzzle, with the ultimate goal being to boost our understanding of the determinants, process, and consequences, of mergers and acquisitions.

Table of contents

List of Contributors. Introduction. (C. Cooper, S. Finkelstein). A Corporate Level Perspective On Acquisitions and Integration. (A. Chakrabarti, W. Mitchell). A New Way to Look at the Integration Challenge: The Reconciliation of Collective Representations. (J.M. Roch). Impact of Cultural Differences on Merger and Acquisition Performance: A Critical Research Review and an Integrative Model. (G.K. Stahl, A. Voigt). An Upper Echelons Explanation of Acquisition Outcomes. (P. Doyle Corner, A.J. Kinicki). Top Management Team Turnover in Mergers & Acquisitions. (J.A. Krug, R.V. Aguilera).
Acquisition as a Mechanism of Market Evolution: An Evolutionary Perspective on How Acquisition Creates Value. (A. Fortune). M& A Strategies in Mature and Declining Industries: Theoretical Perspectives and Implications. (J. Anand). In the Market for Firms, How Should a Firm Be Sold? (I. Arikan).

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  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 4
  • Published: May 24, 2005
  • Language: English

About the editors

CC

Cary L. Cooper

Cary Cooper, CBE, is currently Professor Cary Cooper, CBE, is Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Management School. He is also President of the British Academy of Management. He is the author of over 80 books (on occupational stress, women at work and industrial and organizational psychology), has written over 300 scholarly articles for academic journals, and is a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TV and radio. He is currently Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, co-Editor of the medical journal Stress Medicine; Co-Editor of the International Journal of Management Review. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, The Royal Society of Arts, The Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Health. Professor Cooper is the President of the British Academy of Management, is a Companion of the (British) Institute of Management and one of the first UK based Fellows of the (American) Academy of Management (having also won the 1998 Distinguished Service Award for his contribution to management science from the Academy of Management). Professor Cooper is the Editor (jointly with Professor Chris Argyris of Harvard Business School) of the international scholarly Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (12 volume set). He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and recently published a major report for the EU's European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Work Conditions on "Stress Prevention in the Workplace".
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Organizational Psychology, Lancaster University, UK; Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the British Academy of Management. Lancaster University, UK

SF

Sydney Finkelstein

Affiliations and expertise
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, NH, USA