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 …

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 …

Successful post‐acquisition integration hinges on combining hard and soft integration, but
insights into how this can be done are scarce. We develop a dynamic model of post …

Much of upper echelons research focuses on the background characteristics and traits of
executives to explain their strategic choices, but much less is understood about the …

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

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are major events in organizational development and the
post-merger phase is widely recognised as being crucial for value creation. One of the most …

Chinese firms increasingly engage in risky strategic asset-seeking acquisitions in developed
economies. Realizing the potential value of these acquisitions requires a careful integration …

The processes involved with mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are many, varied and
complex. M&A research and practice needs a toolset that can apprehend that complexity …

Abstract Research Summary This article applies a mixed‐method approach to explore the
complexities of post‐mergers and acquisitions (M&A) integration processes. Extant literature …

Extending research on the performance of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), this paper
seeks to explain how the post-acquisition integration phase affects acquisition performance …