Research on emotions during different phases of the merger and acquisition (M&A) process
(ie, pre‐M&A, during M&A and post‐M&A) has increased exponentially over the past three …

There are many types of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), be they a minority acquisition to
explore a potential high growth emerging market, a takeover of a financially distressed firm …

This paper focuses on research on the “human side” of global mergers and acquisitions
(M&As). We argue that there is a need for a more fine-grained understanding of the “human …

International human resource management (IHRM) has been a rapidly changing area of
specialist and generalist practice. It is also a lively and growing academic subject, having …

The relationship between pre-acquisition alliances and post-acquisition performance has
been widely recognized, but there are differing explanations from existing theoretical …

Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) display several unique properties in
relation to the ways in which their international business operations are organised and …

For manufacturing firms, the integration of advanced services into their customer offerings
has become a crucial decision. Such commercial decisions require weighting the risks and …

Transfer of knowledge-based resources from acquirers to the acquired units has been
ubiquitously emphasized as an important driver of post-acquisition integration. Equally …

M&A scholars have generally assumed that post-acquisition integration is a self-contained
process. However this ignores that this process rarely unfolds as the only ongoing initiative …

The literature on human resource management (HRM) indicates that HRM plays an
important role in merger and acquisition (M&A) integration success, but pays little attention …