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TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical success factors through the Mergers and Acquisitions process
T2 - revealing pre- and post- M&A connections for improved performance
AU - Gomes, Emanuel
AU - Angwin, Duncan
AU - Weber, Yaakov
AU - Tarba, Shlomo
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) literature is vast, spanning over half a century of research endeavor and drawing upon multiple disciplinary perspectives. Despite this wealth of material, the field suffers from a lack of connectedness. There is limited and compartmentalized understanding of the complexities of the M&A process, as the various streams of M&A research are only marginally informed by one another. As a result, the existing body of knowledge on M&A research remains fragmented. There is a need to establish links between existing approaches to M&A and the critical success factors they each promote. In this article, the need for a pluralistic and holistic explanatory framework that reflects the multidisciplinary nature of M&A is highlighted. The article shows that dynamic relationships between different perspectives on M&A and critical success factors matter. Identifying these relationships may help to further our understanding about M&A performance outcomes. Thus, the paper focuses on both relationships within each stage and between stages of the M&A process.
AB - The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) literature is vast, spanning over half a century of research endeavor and drawing upon multiple disciplinary perspectives. Despite this wealth of material, the field suffers from a lack of connectedness. There is limited and compartmentalized understanding of the complexities of the M&A process, as the various streams of M&A research are only marginally informed by one another. As a result, the existing body of knowledge on M&A research remains fragmented. There is a need to establish links between existing approaches to M&A and the critical success factors they each promote. In this article, the need for a pluralistic and holistic explanatory framework that reflects the multidisciplinary nature of M&A is highlighted. The article shows that dynamic relationships between different perspectives on M&A and critical success factors matter. Identifying these relationships may help to further our understanding about M&A performance outcomes. Thus, the paper focuses on both relationships within each stage and between stages of the M&A process.
KW - critical success factors
KW - M&A
KW - Pre- and Post M&A deal connections
U2 - 10.1002/tie.21521
DO - 10.1002/tie.21521
M3 - Journal article
VL - 55
SP - 13
EP - 35
JO - Thunderbird International Business Review
JF - Thunderbird International Business Review
SN - 1096-4762
IS - 1
ER -