Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions.

Front Cover -- Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- The Role of Thriving and Training in Merger Success: An Integrative Learning Perspective -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework and Review of Literature -- The Costs of Poor Integration in M&amp -- A -- Flogging a Dead Horse? Creating a Positive Climate in Order to Arrest the Downward Spiral of Negativity -- Role of Training during M&amp -- As -- Thriving -- The Role of Training in Inducing Thriving and Psychological Empowerment -- Psychological Empowerment as a Determinant of Thriving -- Research Methodology -- Research Design and Sampling -- Instrument -- Analysis -- Results of the Study -- Results of Regression Analysis -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Implications of the Study -- Limitations of the Study -- References -- On the Role of the Political Regime in the Choice between International Acquisitions and Joint Ventures when Entering an Em... -- Literature Review and Theory Development -- Acquisition Versus JV -- Political Regimes and Entry Modes -- Empirical Setup -- Sample -- Estimation Methodology and Model -- Independent Variables -- Control Variables -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Cultural Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions -- Managing Culture throughout the M&amp -- A Process -- Cultural Due Diligence: A Review of Research -- A Framework for Culture Due Diligence -- Understand Your Own Culture First -- Clarify the Cultural Dynamics -- Conduct Data-Driven Cultural Due Diligence -- Social Media Data Analysis -- External Stakeholder Interviews -- HR Data and Document Review -- Internal Stakeholder Interviews -- Use a Framework to Integrate and Synthesize Findings -- Planning for Transition and Integration: Keeping Culture on the Table -- Conclusion.

References -- Transitional Governance Trajectories: Organization, Place, and Space -- Introduction -- Overview of Extant Transitional Governance Literature -- Alliances and Acquisitions: From Independent to Interdependent Governance Choices -- TG: Theoretical Foundations -- Empirical Evidence on TG Trajectories -- Incorporating Insights from Economic Geography -- TG across Place and Space -- How Can Economic Geography Inform TG? -- Initiation Decision -- Exercise Decision -- Conclusion and Research Agenda -- Geography-Related Uncertainty -- Geographic Distance versus Border Crossing -- The Multilocation Nature of TG Actors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Are Mergers and Acquisitions Socially Responsible? Evidence from the Banking Industry -- Introduction -- From Corporate Financial Performance to Corporate Social Performance in M&amp -- As -- Theoretical Background -- Corporate Social Responsibility -- Corporate Social Performance -- Stakeholder Theory -- Acquisitions as Multistakeholder Deals -- The Intesa-Sanpaolo Experience -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Interaction of Cultural and Technological Distance in Cross-Border, High-Technology Acquisitions -- Introduction -- Theory and Hypotheses Development -- Technology Distance -- Cultural Distance -- Contingent Relationship -- Method -- Dependent Variables -- Seven-Day CAR -- BHAR -- Independent Variables -- Technology Distance -- Cultural Distance -- Interaction -- Control Variables -- Results -- Discussion -- Research Implications -- Implications for Practice -- Limitations and Future Research -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Peering into the Executive Mind: Expanding Our Understanding of the Motives for Acquisitions -- Peer Comparisons and Mimetic Behavior -- Psychological Attributes -- Demographic Characteristics.

Career Horizon and Age -- Gender -- Novel Data Collection and Methodological Techniques -- Surveys and Interviews -- Managerial Communications -- Videometrics -- Personal Finances -- Experiments -- References -- Related Diversification: A Critical Reflection of Relatedness and the Diversification-Performance Linkage -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Synergies as the Underlying Mechanism of the Diversification-Performance Linkage -- Empirical Findings on the Diversification-Performance Linkage -- Approaches to Assess (Related) Diversification -- Product/Market-Related Measurement of Diversification -- Resource-Related Measurement of Diversification -- Similarity versus Complementarity -- Discussion -- Synergy Potential versus Realized Synergies -- Within-Industry Diversification -- Conclusion -- References.

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions stands out from the competition due to its focus on three key characteristics: studies from scholars in different countries, with different research questions, relying on different theoretical perspectives.

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