Mergers and Acquistions Critical Reader Book

	Acknowledgements	vii
	Introduction	1
Section 1	Why do Firms Engage in Mergers and Acquisitions?	3
	Introduction	5
	Merger Motives and Merger Prescriptions	8
	Not All M&As Are Alike: And That Matters	21
Section 2	Selecting Your Partner	31
	Introduction	33
	Merger Strategies and Stockholder Value	38
	Organizational Fit and Acquisition Performance: Effects of Post-acquisition Integration	53
Section 3	Integrating the two Organizations	71
	Introduction	73
	Corporate Acquisitions: A Process Perspective	77
	Acculturation in Acquired Organizations: A Force-field Perspective	92
	When Cultures Collide: The Anatomy of a Merger	106
	Sensegiving and Sensemaking in an Integration Processes: A Narrative Approach to the Study of an International Acquisition	121
Section 4	Employee Reactions and Experiences of Mergers and Acquisitions	143
	Introduction	145
	The Merger Syndrome	149
	Shared and Multiple Realities in Acquisitions: An Empirically Based Critique of Merger and Acquisition Literature	155
	Experiencing Mergers: A Woman's Eye View	170
Section 5	Communication During the Merger and Acquisition Process	183
	Introduction	185
	Common Patterns of Behavior and Communication in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions	188
	Communication with Employees Following a Merger: A Longitudinal Field Experiment	198
	Merger as Marriage: Communication Issues in Postmerger Integration	215
	Case	229
	Nordea Markets: Socio-cultural Integration Challenges	231
	Index	241