Mergers and Acquisitions: Creating Integrative Knowledge Book

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	List of contributors
	Introduction
1	The secrets of merger and acquisition success : a co-competence and motivational approach to synergy realization	3
2	Mind the gap : key success factors in cross-border acquisitions	20
3	Cross-border mergers and acquisitions : challenges and opportunities	45
4	Firm competitiveness and acquisition : the role of competitive strategy and operational effectiveness in M&A	60
5	Acquisition of entrepreneurial firms : how private and public targets differ	82
6	The role of the corporate academy in mergers and acquisitions	105
7	Managing the acquisition process : do differences actually exist across integration approaches?	113
8	Mergers and acquisitions in technology-intensive industries : the emergent process of knowledge transfer	135
9	Does it pay to capture intangible assets through mergers and acquisitions?	156
10	Leadership and the M&A process	181
11	The role of CEO charismatic leadership in the effective implementation of mergers and acquisitions	194
12	The impact of perceived uncertainty on culture differences in the post-acquisition process to strategy realization	212
13	When we study M&A, what are we learning?	235
14	Where we've been and where we're going	245
	Index	262