... of numerous minor shareholders with different preference structures would be more costly than a few major ones. Fei Peng can be contacted at: pengfy@bham.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Selection Institutional shareholders Acquisition decision Shareholders Acquisitions...

... the industry. Organizational theory Organizational decision making Acquisitions and mergers Corporate strategy Decision making Financial services Prior literature on mimetic isomorphism is substantial, coming from a wide array of studies examining a diverse set of organizational outcomes. Table...

... substantial difference between them. Byung Il Park can be contacted at: leedspark@hufs.ac.kr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Multinational companies Joint ventures Acquisitions and mergers Japan Korea The center of international business discussion resides in competitive...

... that HR can bring to the M&A process. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Negotiating Acquisitions and mergers Human resource management Greece Banking The world credit system has gone through a process of restructuring and repositioning both at the industry...

... to see the financial performance of the merging and acquiring companies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Acquisitions and mergers Financial performance Cultural synergy India The world is in a state of flux, being influenced by the forces of globalization and fast...

... studies Airlines Acquisitions and mergers Stable evolutionary periods of organizational development are occasionally disrupted by revolutionary transitions, usually catalyzed by environmental or intra‐organizational shocks (Choo, 2008). To cope with these transitions, organizations are compelled...

... Publishing Limited 2007 Strategic evaluation Due diligence Acquisitions and mergers While research consistently demonstrates that mergers and acquisitions fail to produce expected results at least 50 per cent of the time, the record for high‐tech firms is even more dismal (Chaudhuri...

... at: lkarakow@yorku.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Decision making Confidence limits Acquisitions and mergers Hospitals The cognitive approach is often used to explain the quality of the decision‐making process. According to this approach, decision making is a function of how...

.... Agyenim Boateng can be contacted at: a.boateng@leedsmet.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Acquisitions and mergers Culture Chemical industries Over the past two decades mergers have become a global phenomenon and a popular strategic choice for companies' growth...

... company. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Acquisitions and mergers Entrepreneurialism Innovation In August 2002, three in‐depth interviews were conducted at Ericsson Telebit, one with an employee who had been with the company from the start, one with a functional manager...

... capability. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Automotive industry Acquisitions and mergers Change management Recent events in the automotive industry form the background to this study. The industry is currently engaged in adjusting to future market situations. Two ways of doing...

... of factors on M&A success using a relatively large sample of acquisitions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Communication Acquisitions and mergers Business environment Organizational change H2. Intense technological changes in the external environment...