Mergers & Acquisitions: A Critical Reader

ISBN-13: 9780415364614 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 256 str.

Annette Risberg

Opis

Mergers and acquisitions remain one of the most common forms of growth, while presenting considerable challenges for the companies and management involved. Mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures raise important issues for the stakeholders in those firms such as shareholders, managers and employees. Moreover, they have wider implications for the economy, including the level of competition and employment.
Most writing in M&A in the past has taken a functionalist perspective. What this new reader seeks to do is to draw on some of the classic papers in the area and to set them alongside some more recent alternatives, thereby providing a much more holistic overview of the subject, and reflecting the important organizational and behavioral aspects which have often been ignored in the past. In addition to broad selection of papers, the book is structured clearly into two main sections covering pre-M&A and post M&A issues. These parts are each divided into a number of sections covering such issues as motives, planning, integration, communication and employees' experiences. This structure is supported by extensive commentaries by the editor, in addition to a full introduction to the collection as a whole.

Recenzje

'Mergers and Acquisitions: A Critical Reader captures the key management issues that emerge during M&As. Drawing from classic articles and lively cases, Risberg integrates the important topics that continue to make mergers and acquisitions one of the most complex of business ventures.' - Nancy K. Napier, Boise State University, USA

Spis treści

 Section 1: Why Do Firms Engage In Mergers and Acquisitions? 1. Merger Motives and Merger Prescriptions 2. Not All M&As are Alike – and that Matters Section 2: Selecting Your Partner 3. Merger Strategies and Stockholder Value 4. Organizational Fit and Acquisition Performance: Effects of Post-Acquisition Integration Section 3: Integrating The Two Organizations 5. Corporate Acquisitions: A Process Perspective 6. Acculturation in Acquired Organizations 7. When Cultures Collide 8. Sensegiving and Sensemaking in Integration Processes Section 4: Employee Reactions and Experiences of Mergers and Acquisitions 9. The Merger Syndrome 10. Shared And Multiple Realities In Acquisitions 11. Experiencing Mergers Section 5: Communication During The Merger and Acquisition Process 12. Common Patterns Of Behaviour and Communication in Corporate Mergers And Acquisitions 13. Communication With Employees Following a Merger 14. Communication Issues in Postmerger Integration CASE Nordea Markets: Socio-Cultural Integration Challenges

O autorze

Annette Risberg is Associate Professor at the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management at the Copenhagen Business School.