...Florian Bauer; Martin Friesl; Mai Anh Dao Purpose Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are an important strategic tool for continuous adaptation, sustainable corporate development and external growth. At the same time, M&As involve high levels of risk with mixed performance results even under...

... by the acquirer. The ability of a firm to explore or exploit the knowledge stock of a target firm varies with the level of control obtained in the target through one of the three main forms – merger or acquisition of majority interest, acquisition of partial interest and acquisition of minority...

... as well as managerial utility. Dr Rajendra Prasad Mohanty can be contacted at: rpmohanty@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Collaboration Innovation Creativity Mergers and acquisitions Automotive Greiner curve Explaining how and why organizations change has...