ContentsIntroduction xxiDuncan N. Angwin, David R. King and Florian Bauer1 Absorption integration strategy 1Duncan N. Angwin2 Accounting for deals 4David R. King3 Accounting performance 6David R. King4 Acculturation 8Riikka M. Sarala and Benjamin Kempton5 Acquisition 10Duncan N. Angwin6 Acquisition climate 13Emanuel Gomes7 Acquisition experience 16Svante Schriber8 Acquisition impact on targets'' technology assets andecosystems 18Panos Desyllas9 Acquisition performance 21David R.

King10 Acquisition premium 23Di Bian11 Advisory services 28Jan Pörschmann12 AI integration into the acquisition process 30Panos Desyllas13 Alliances and acquisitions 34Randi Lunnan, Linda Rademaker, Binh Minh andThi Truong14 Australian M&A 37Arpit Raswant15 Behavioural perspectives on M&A evaluation 40Panos Desyllas16 Boundaries 43Duncan N. Angwin17 Boundary spanning 47Audrey Rouzies and Thi Nguyen18 Brazilian M&A 49Henrique M. Barros19 Buy and build strategy in private equity 52Kevin Amess and Michele Lertora20 Carve-out 56Alex Griesmeier21 CEO celebrity and premiums 58Russell Fralich and Andrew Papadopoulos22 Chinese outbound M&A 60Ping Deng23 City mergers 62Janne Tienari24 Cognitive biases 64David Kroon25 Communications pre-deal 67Tobias Anslinger and Thomas Katzensteiner26 Communications post-deal 70Tobias Anslinger and Peter Steiner27 Competitive retaliation 73Svante Schriber28 Connectivity 75Duncan N. Angwin29 Customer management 77Carlo Mari30 Corporate brand management 79Florian Bauer31 Corporate governancespillovers in international M&A 81Luc Renneboog and Yang Zhao32 Courtship period 83Emanuel Gomes33 Critical success factors 85Emanuel Gomes34 Cross-border M&A 88Melanie E. Hassett35 Cultural change 90Satu Teerikangas36 Cultural differences 92Satu Teerikangas37 Cultural distance 94Muriel Durand38 Cultural friction 98Muriel Durand39 Cultural learning 102Benjamin Kempton and Riikka M. Sarala40 Culture performance 104Satu Teerikangas41 Darker side of knowledge transfer 107Bruce T. Lamont and Janice M. Gordon42 Debt 109Sina Amiri43 Defence strategies 112Duncan N.

Angwin44 Director networks and takeover activity 115Luc Renneboog45 Dis-synergy 116Oleksandra Kochura46 Divestiture motivations 118Andrew Papadopoulos and Russell Fralich47 Divestiture of prior acquisitions 121Qing Ma48 Divestiture techniques 123Andrew Papadopoulos and Russell Fralich49 Due diligence 126Duncan N. Angwin50 Emerging market M&A 129Ping Deng51 Emotions in M&A 131Melanie E. Hassett52 Employee reactions during M&A 134Inger Stensaker and Helene Loe Colman53 Employee retention 137Bruce Lamont and David R. King54 Employee turnover 139Bruce Lamont and David R. King55 Ethnography in M&A research 141Noelia Sarah Reynolds56 Exploitation 143Andreas Strobl57 Exploration 146Andreas Strobl 58 Failure - external causes 149Duncan N. Angwin59 Failure - pre-deal causes 152Duncan N. Angwin60 Failure - process causes 155Duncan N. Angwin61 Failure - post-acquisition causes 157Duncan N.

Angwin62 Fairness during integration 159Norbert Steigenberger63 Family business M&A 161Olimpia Meglio64 Financial advisors 163David Santana-Corchuelo65 Financial motives 166Kris Irwin66 Financing of takeovers 169Luc Renneboog and Yang Zhao67 Geopolitics 171Hinrich Voss68 Grand challenges 173Hinrich Voss69 Greatest M&A failures 176Duncan N. Angwin70 Greatest M&A successes 179Duncan N. Angwin71 High-technology acquisitions 183Panos Desyllas72 Holding integration strategy 186Duncan N. Angwin73 Horizontal M&A 188Sina Amiri74 Hostile takeovers 191Duncan N. Angwin75 Hubris 193Duncan N. Angwin76 Human resource integration 195Anjali Bansal77 Indian M&A 198Anjali Bansal78 Industry relatedness 202Oleksandra Kochura79 Innovation 205Andreas Strobl80 Integration capacity 208Bruce Lamont and David R. King81 Integration challenges 210Norbert Steigenberger82 Integration context 212Norbert Steigenberger83 Integration costs 215Norbert Steigenberger84 Integration flexibility 217Svante Schriber85 Integration manager 219Satu Teerikangas86 Integration performance 221Satu Teerikangas87 Integration team composition 224Norbert Steigenberger88 Intellectual property assets 226Panos Desyllas89 Intellectual property protection 228Panos Desyllas90 Knowledge acquisition 230Panos Desyllas91 Knowledge fit 233Benjamin Kempton and Riikka M. Sarala92 Knowledge management 235Benjamin Kempton and Riikka M.

Sarala93 Knowledge transfer 237Benjamin Kempton and Riikka M. Sarala94 LBOs in the MENA region 239Faten Moussa95 Leadership 242Andreas Strobl96 Leveraged buyout 245Kevin Amess and John Gilligan97 Longitudinal research in M&A 251Melanie E. Hassett98 M&A and the COVID pandemic 254Florian Bauer99 M&A as ecosystem 256Svante Schriber and Olimpia Meglio100 M&A boutiques 259David Santana-Corchuelo101 Managerial assessment of performance 261David R. King102 M&A in 3D printing 263Jennifer Johns and Roman Barwinski103 Merger waves 266Duncan N. Angwin104 Mergers in higher education 271Mehdi Safavi105 Metaphor and metonymy 274Sally Riad106 Middle managers 279Gustavo Birollo107 Multidextrous integration 282Robert Demir108 Multidextrous M&A 288Robert Demir109 Negotiation strategy 292Duncan N. Angwin110 Networks in M&A 295Nicola Mirc111 Non-value maximizing motives 298Kris Irwin112 Organizational autonomy 301Jean-Luc Arrègle and Brice Dattée113 Organisational change 303Melanie E. Hassett114 Organizational identity 305Janne Tienari115 Origins of M&A 307Duncan N. Angwin116 Ownership similarity for targetselection 309Emanuele Bettinazzi117 Payment methods 312Sina Amiri118 Pharma M&A 315Klaus Ort119 Post-acquisition integration 318Nour Ghaddar and Nicola Mirc120 Power in post-merger integration 321Janne Tienari and Eero Vaara121 Preservation integration strategy 323Duncan N.

Angwin122 Private equity 326Kevin Amess and John Gilligan123 Private equity in the MENA region 329Faten Moussa124 Private equity viability in theMENA region 332Faten Moussa125 Project management 338Satu Teerikangas and Gustavo Birollo126 Psychic distance 340Muriel Durand127 Purpose-driven M&A 344Harin Lee128 Real options for international M&A 347Mohammad Faisal Ahammad129 Relatedness performance 349Joseph A. Clougherty130 Reorientation integration strategy 351Duncan N. Angwin131 Resilience as a driver for M&A 353João Baptista132 Resilience in integration 356Svante Schriber133 Resistance 359Thi Nguyen and Audrey Rouzies134 Seller preparation for postmerger integration 361Robert Demir135 Sensemaking in M&A 364Noelia Sarah Reynolds136 Sentiment analysis 365Maureen Meadows137 Socio-cultural integration 367Melanie E. Hassett138 Speed in M&A 370Florian Bauer139 Stakeholder orientation for post-acquisition integration 372Emanuele Bettinazzi140 Stock market performance 375David R. King141 Strategic entrepreneurship 377Svante Schriber142 Strategic motives 380Duncan N. Angwin143 Strategy as practice perspectiveon M&A 383Duncan N. Angwin144 Sustainability agency 387Noelia Sarah Reynolds145 Symbiosis integration strategy 389Duncan N. Angwin146 Synergy 391Martin Friesl147 Synergy realization 393Nicola Mirc and Nour Ghaddar148 Target screening 396Mai Anh Dao and Florian Bauer149 Target size 398Sina Amiri150 Taxation 401Jane Frecknall-Hughes151 Technology M&A 403Svante Schriber152 Theories of M&A occurrence 405Duncan N.

Angwin153 Theorizing M&A 408Helene L. Colman and Satu Teerikangas154 Time and timing 410Mark Thomas155 Tobin''s Q and performance 413David R. King156 Transaction cost economics in cross border M&A 414Mohammad Faisal Ahammad157 Transitional service agreement 416Alexander Griesmeier158 Typologies in M&A 418Duncan N. Angwin159 Umbrella constructs 422Olimpia Meglio160 Valuation 424Alexander Budzinski161 Value and its variety 427Sally Riad162 Vertical M&A 430Sina Amiri163 Vision in M&A 433Maureen Meadows164 Withdrawn M&A 435Duncan N. Angwin.