The Management of Corporate Acquisitions: International Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
A Strategic Approach to Implementing Mergers and Acquisitions....Pages 23-49
Matching Acquisition Policy and Integration Style....Pages 50-87
Preparing for Value Creation in a Complex Merger among Firms in a Similar Business: Synergy Generation and Distribution Issues....Pages 88-104
Superior Performance from Implementing Merger and Acquisition Strategies: A Resource-Based Analysis....Pages 105-127
Euro Mergers 1993: Viewpoints and Predictions....Pages 128-143
The Effects of Acquisitions and Restructuring (Strategic Refocusing) Strategies on Innovation....Pages 144-169
The Antecedents and Consequences of Resistance to Take-overs....Pages 170-190
On the Efficiency of Internal and External Corporate Control Mechanisms....Pages 191-247
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Sources of Acquisition Cultural Risk....Pages 251-292
Successful Mergers through Acculturation....Pages 293-306
Implementing Strategy in a Newly Acquired Firm....Pages 307-336
Acquisitions as Experimentation....Pages 337-358
Post-Acquisition Management: A Process of Strategic and Organisational Learning....Pages 359-390
Determinants and Consequences of Post-Acquisition Change....Pages 391-413
The Acquisition Integration Process: A Contingent Framework....Pages 414-447
Acquisition Integration: Creating the Atmosphere for Value Creation....Pages 448-479
Predicting Success after the Acquisition: The Creation of a Corporate Profile....Pages 480-512
Back Matter....Pages 513-529