...Saundra J. Ribando; Catherine P. Slade; C. Kevin Fortner Purpose Institutions of higher education face challenges of fiscal responsibility and their value proposition for students and other stakeholders they serve. Strategies used in business sectors, such as merger and acquisition, are being...

...Bart Jeroen Franciscus Vosse; Olayemi Abdullateef Aliyu Purpose The researchers in this study aim to understand the impact of a recent merger between two high performing institutions, on employee trust and well-being. The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively test the relationships between...

...J. Ruben Boling; Donna Taylor Mayo; Marilyn M. Helms Marilyn M. Helms can be contacted at: mhelms@daltonstate.edu © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mergers in higher education seem to be more common as academic...

...’ performance and capability to contribute to stakeholders’ wealth to assess the business and social viability of this type of deal. Design/methodology/approach – Operations of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) were identified through Zephyr (Bureau VanDijk’s database). Only acquisitions...