...Liz Thach; Mark Nyman As the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) continues to increase on a global basis, more leaders are called upon to develop their M&A transition skills. But what is the role of a leader when it has just been announced that their organization has been acquired...

... Mergers and acquisitions Organizational change Based on industry type and environmental uncertainty, contingency theory can provide an organization with an understanding of the “situational nature of strategic management”. In addition to providing managers with “if‐then perspective models”, it can...

...Anette Risberg States that mergers and acquisitions are known to have failures that often are explained by clashing corporate cultures. Previous research has tried to predict better acquisition outcomes by prescribing different kinds of fits between the combining companies. Takes an alternative...

...Simon C. Hoare; Sue Cartwright Suggests that research attention has increasingly focused on the human aspects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), particularly the problem of socio‐cultural integration. Alongside high levels of M & A activity, there has been a growing trend towards...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1989 Mergers and acquisitions Development Growth Planning Strategic planning Organizations BUSINESS GROWTH HOW TO ACHIEVE AND SUSTAIN IT by Anthony S. Page and Ralph C. Jones Abstract and Keywords Business Growth How to Achieve and Sustain It by Anthony S. Page...