The combination of research and development units following a merger or an acquisition usually requires a broad and widespread integration project to ensure that a company’s innovative capabilities are carried forward into the future. Previous research has shown, however, that the combined...

Over the last few years, worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have increased sharply both in terms of value and volume. This development has not only been driven by corporate acquirers but also to an increasing extent by private equity investors. In this paper, we analyze differences in...

Firm acquisitions have been shown to serve as a way to gain access to international markets, technological assets, products or other valuable resources of the target firm. Given this heterogeneity of takeover motivations and the skewness of the distribution of the deal value we show whether and...

1 Einleitung -- 1 Einleitung -- A: Grundlagen der Integrationsgestaltung -- 2 Einordnung und begriffliche Abgrenzung -- 3 Integrationsplanung und Integrationsumsetzung -- 4 Grundlegende Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung -- 5 Forschungsansatz -- B: Erfolgsfaktoren der Integrationsgestaltung -- 6...

Zahlreiche Studien weisen auf hohe Misserfolgsquoten von Unternehmenszusammenschlüssenhin, messen dies jedoch vor allem anhandfinanzieller Indikatoren, während eine mitarbeiterbezogene Betrachtungunterbleibt...