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 -