The effects of degree of cultural and strategic similarity on the preference for a potential merger candidate were investigated. The main objective of the study was to test predictions based on the similarity-attraction hypothesis, Bryne and Clore's (1970) reinforcement-affect model, and social identity. theory in the context of mergers. Ninety senior managers were asked to imagine that they were chief executive officers of a stimulus company. They read a description of their ''own'' company and the companies of two potential merger candidates. Next, they were asked to express their willingness to merge with each of the other companies and to assess the probability of success as well as the amount of resistance within their company to such ...
Integrating an intergroup perspective on mergers with discrepancy theories, we argue that merger par...
Previous literature has stated that few mergers are successful and many fail to meet the set expecta...
In order to test the theory proposed by Winch [in Mate Selection: A Study in Complementary Needs. Ne...
The effects of degree of cultural and strategic similarity on the preference for a potential merger ...
The effects of degree of cultural and strategic similarity on the preference for a potential merger ...
We study the effect of corporate cultural similarity on merger decisions and outcomes. Using the sim...
We examine the organizational dynamics of integration post merger. Our basic question is whether the...
A model focusing on the role of the individual in national and corporate culture clash situations, d...
There is a paradoxical realism as the number of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) inc...
Cooperation between companies increasingly exceeds national borders. In the present study 78 interna...
This theoretical research endeavors to find common ground in the ostensibly inconsistent results of ...
Cross-national merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is common and is argued to be a strategic t...
Cooperation between companies increasingly exceeds national borders. In the present study 78 interna...
International mergers and acquisitions (IM&As) have attracted managers throughout the whole history....
In a study of merger-evoked cultural change in three organizations, quantitative and qualitative dat...
Integrating an intergroup perspective on mergers with discrepancy theories, we argue that merger par...
Previous literature has stated that few mergers are successful and many fail to meet the set expecta...
In order to test the theory proposed by Winch [in Mate Selection: A Study in Complementary Needs. Ne...
The effects of degree of cultural and strategic similarity on the preference for a potential merger ...
The effects of degree of cultural and strategic similarity on the preference for a potential merger ...
We study the effect of corporate cultural similarity on merger decisions and outcomes. Using the sim...
We examine the organizational dynamics of integration post merger. Our basic question is whether the...
A model focusing on the role of the individual in national and corporate culture clash situations, d...
There is a paradoxical realism as the number of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) inc...
Cooperation between companies increasingly exceeds national borders. In the present study 78 interna...
This theoretical research endeavors to find common ground in the ostensibly inconsistent results of ...
Cross-national merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is common and is argued to be a strategic t...
Cooperation between companies increasingly exceeds national borders. In the present study 78 interna...
International mergers and acquisitions (IM&As) have attracted managers throughout the whole history....
In a study of merger-evoked cultural change in three organizations, quantitative and qualitative dat...
Integrating an intergroup perspective on mergers with discrepancy theories, we argue that merger par...
Previous literature has stated that few mergers are successful and many fail to meet the set expecta...
In order to test the theory proposed by Winch [in Mate Selection: A Study in Complementary Needs. Ne...