TY  - BOOK
AU  - Finkelstein,Sydney
AU  - Cooper,Cary L.
TI  - Advances in mergers and acquisitions / 
T2  - Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions
SN  - 9781781904596 (hbk.) :
AV  - HD2746.5 .A373 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Bradford
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
KW  - Consolidation and merger of corporations.
KW  - Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Research
KW  - Consolidation and merger of corporations
KW  - Social responsibility of business
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; FRONT COVER; ADVANCES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; CAN WE PREDICT M&A ACTIVITY?; INTRODUCTION; REVIEW OF STUDIES ON M&A ACTIVITY; NEO-INSTITUTIONAL THEORY AND M&A ACTIVITY; CONTAGION THEORY AND M&A ACTIVITY; EMPIRICAL STUDY; MEASURES; THE MODEL; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; DOES EXPANDING THROUGH ALLIANCES VS. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS MATTER? THE EXAMPLE OF THE GLOBAL RETAIL INDUSTRY; INTRODUCTION; MODES OF GROWTH; THE IMPACT OF MODE OF EXPANSION ON SIZE-RELATED BENEFITS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH DESIGN; EMPIRICAL RESULTSTHE IMPACT OF EXPANSION MODE ON PERFORMANCE; LIMITS, DISCUSSION, AND CONCLUSIONS; NOTE; REFERENCES; SLOW BUT CERTAIN: THE PRE-M&A PROCESS OF EUROPEAN NATIONAL CHAMPION DEALS; INTRODUCTION; THEORY AND HYPOTHESES; METHODOLOGY; RESULTS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; A KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEW OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS REVISITED: ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND COMBINATIVE CAPABILITY; A KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEW OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; COMBINATIVE CAPABILITY IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE DIFFERENCES ON BIDDER AND TARGET COMPANIES' SHARE VALUES FOLLOWING MERGER ANNOUNCEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM A STOCK MARKET PERSPECTIVETHEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT; METHODS; MEASURES; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; REDUCING COGNITIVE BIAS IN ASSESSING COMBINATION POTENTIAL IN M&AS; THE NEED TO ADDRESS COGNITIVE BIASES IN M&A; THE STRATEGIC CAPABILITY MAPPING PROCESS; SCM-SUPPORTED M&A INTEGRATION EXAMPLES; LIMITATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; REPUTATION SPILLOVER EFFECTS AND POST-ACQUISITION PERFORMANCE: A CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVEINTRODUCTION; A CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE OF CORPORATE REPUTATION; ACQUISITION AND REPUTATION SPILLOVER EFFECTS; FORWARD SPILLOVER EFFECT; REVERSE SPILLOVER EFFECT; ASYMMETRIC SPILLOVER EFFECTS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CUSTOMER AND COMPETITOR RESPONSES TO MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION IN THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY; INTRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; INTEGRATING RELATIVE STANDING AND MARKET DISCIPLINE: A COMPLEXITY THEORY PERSPECTIVE OF POST-MERGER AND ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE DEPARTUREINTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT; METHOD; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES; A DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE IMPORTANT DIMENSIONS OF M&A PERFORMANCE; INTRODUCTION; RESEARCH INTEREST; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL AND HYPOTHESIS; METHOD; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: SAMPLE SEARCH CRITERIA; APPENDIX B: RELIABILITY ANALYSIS
N2  - Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions offers a unique perspective that will help scholars think about mergers and acquisitions in new ways, building our knowledge base on this critical topic
ER  -