... and George, 2002 ; Minbaeva et al., 2003; Jansen et al., 2005 ; Todorova and Durisin, 2007). Acquisitions and mergers Knowledge management Knowledge transfer Acquisitions Knowledge ambiguity Absorptive capacity Arduous relationship The role of knowledge...

... successfully, has become a matter of survival. But if we look at empirical studies evaluating the success of change programmes, the findings are deflating. According to Burnes (2005) , more than 80 per cent of the change initiatives do not reach expectations. Acquisitions and mergers Organizational...

... of acquired managers' in cross‐border acquisitions (Lämsä and Savolainen, 2000). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Organizational change Acquisitions and mergers Employee attitudes Recent figures show that, in 2007, FDI flows were close to the record year of 2000 (OECD, 2007...

...). A common example of market entry via acquisition is Wal‐Mart's expansion into the mature markets of Germany and the UK (Arnold, 1999 ; Fernie and Arnold, 2002). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Retailing Acquisitions and mergers Russia Growth in global retailing has been...