..., operating from late spring until early mid-fall, depending on weather conditions in the area. Unlike mega and regional parks, local parks do not require visitors to spend an entire day. Small parks are not limited by geographical constraints, as they can be located indoors in shopping malls. Mergers...

... organizations. In the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have paved the way for survival of industry giants in the face of unprecedented upheaval. Results from some of the most effective transactions point to five factors for post-merger integration success...

... the availability of data can affect business models and the competitive advantage of data-based firms. Successful business model transformation in data-based firms appear to be contingent on dual-purpose mergers and acquisitions (M&As), oriented toward data and data-processing activities. Research...

...Hannu Kuusela; Siiri Koivumäki; Mika Yrjölä Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the use of intuition in successful merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions. M&As are strategic decisions that can create growth, open up new markets and strengthen the company’s position...

...Mahendra Joshi; Carol Sanchez; Paul Mudde Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build a model of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) performance drawing from the concept of organizational identity theory. The paper proposes that successful performance of an M&A is dependent upon two things...

...Florian Bauer; Julia Hautz; Kurt Matzler Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to detect and challenge generally accepted management and consulting practice in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As). M&As have been an important issue in strategic management and corporate development...