... categories in a novel way, it also introduces a new concept of inherited identities, which are the organizational identities that firms inherit as they acquire and assimilate other firms. Megaparks are limited to parks owned by large entertainment conglomerates such as Disney or Universal. These parks...

...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...

...John Chelliah; Samantha Georges Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how consulting organizations create identity online. Using a sample of 50 consulting organizations in Australia, the research discusses the strategic implications of broadcasting multiple organizational identities...