Although business restructuring occurs frequently and it is important for the prosperity of
family firms across generations, research on family firms has largely evolved separately from …

The process of identifying and evaluating a target firm, completing a deal after its negotiation
and announcement, and then integrating a target firm after legal combination is a multi-year …

Although the management of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and of projects are
connected in practice, they remain disjoined in academia. In this paper, we conceptually …

The intersection of program management and acquisition research remains undeveloped.
Within both research domains there is limited recognition of how senior and project …

Applying sensemaking research to acquisition integration, we outline factors that influence
employee resistance to acquisitions. While integration is widely viewed as important to …

Abstract Research Summary This study contributes to the growing strategic corporate social
responsibility (CSR) literature by examining the intersection of acquisition studies and …

I apply a cognitive perspective to understand how primary cognitive mechanisms—
simplification, elaboration, and interaction—have influenced the way scholars, as individuals …

While corporate social responsibility (CSR) has played an increasingly important role in
corporate decision‐making, the role of CSR disclosure in a firm's investment activities …

There is general agreement that acquisition integration is decisive for acquisition
performance. Despite this consensus, there are heterogeneous results on integration …

This article examines how stakeholder orientation influences managers' ability to learn from
prior experience in corporate acquisitions. We argue that increased attention to primary …