Elgar encyclopedia of mergers and acquisitions / edited by Duncan N. Angwin (University College London (UCL), UK), David R. King (Higdon Professor of Management, Herbert Wertheim College of Business, Florida State University, USA) and Florian Bauer (University of Bristol, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Angwin, Duncan N., editor.

King, David R., editor.

Bauer, Florian, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar encyclopedias in business and management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consolidation and merger of corporations--Encyclopedias.

Consolidation and merger of corporations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (490 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This Encyclopedia provides a strategic perspective on mergers and acquisitions to review and analyse current knowledge, give fresh insights and inspire dialogue. It examines a wide range of foundational, emerging and new topics, addresses core issues in mergers and acquisitions and offers solutions to fundamental questions. Key Features: - Includes more than 160 entries - Contributions from over 70 expert authors specialising in a variety of disciplines - Explores key topics such as 'AI integration', 'buy and build strategies in private equity', 'communications pre- and post-deal', 'employee retention and turnover', 'geopolitics and synergy', 'mergers and acquisitions strategies', 'performance outcomes' The Elgar Encyclopedia of Mergers and Acquisitions is a crucial reference for students, researchers and scholars of business, management, economics and finance. Practising managers, advisors and mergers and acquisitions teams will greatly benefit from its insights on strategy, organisational behaviour and international business"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction / Duncan N. Angwin, David R. King and Florian Bauer

1. Absorption integration strategy / Duncan N. Angwin

2. Accounting for deals / David R. King

3. Accounting performance / David R. King

4. Acculturation / Riikka M. Sarala and Benjamin Kempton

5. Acquisition / Duncan N. Angwin

6. Acquisition climate / Emanuel Gomes

7. Acquisition experience / Svante Schriber

8. Acquisition impact on targets' technology assets and ecosystems / Panos Desyllas

9. Acquisition performance / David R. King

10. Acquisition premium / Di Bian

11. Advisory services / Jan Pörschmann

12. AI integration into the acquisition process / Panos Desyllas and Si Li

13. Alliances and acquisitions / Randi Lunnan, Linda Rademaker and Minh Binh Thi Truong

14. Australian M&A / Arpit Raswant

15. Behavioural perspectives on M&A evaluation / Panos Desyllas

16. Boundaries / Duncan N. Angwin

17. Boundary spanning / Audrey Rouzies and Thi Nguyen

18. Brazilian M&A / Henrique M. Barros

19. Buy and build strategy in private equity / Kevin Amess and Michele Lertora

20. Carve-out / Alex Griesmeier

21. Ceo celebrity and premiums / Russell Fralich and Andrew Papadopoulos

22. Chinese outbound M&A / Ping Deng

23. City mergers / Janne Tienari

24. Cognitive biases / David Kroon

25. Communications pre-deal / Tobias Anslinger and Thomas Katzensteiner

26. Communications post-deal / Tobias Anslinger and Peter Steiner

27. Competitive retaliation / Svante Schriber

28. Connectivity / Duncan N. Angwin

29. Customer management / Carlo Mari

30. Corporate brand management / Florian Bauer

31. Corporate governance spillovers in international M&A / Luc Renneboog and Yang Zhao

32. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) through M&A / Olimpia Meglio

33. Courtship period / Emanuel Gomes

34. Critical success factors / Emanuel Gomes

35. Cross-border M&A / Melanie E. Hassett

36. Cultural change / Satu Teerikangas

37. Cultural differences / Satu Teerikangas

38. Cultural distance / Muriel Durand

39. Cultural friction / Muriel Durand

40. Cultural learning / Benjamin Kempton and Riikka M. Sarala

41. Culture performance / Satu Teerikangas

42. Darker side of knowledge transfer / Bruce T. Lamont and Janice M. Gordon

43. Debt / Sina Amiri

44. Defence strategies / Duncan N. Angwin

45. Director networks and takeover activity / Luc Renneboog

46. Dis-synergy / Oleksandra Kochura

47. Divestiture motivations / Andrew Papadopoulos and Russell Fralich

48. Divestiture of prior acquisitions / Qing Ma

49. Divestiture techniques / Andrew Papadopoulos and Russell Fralich

50. Due diligence / Duncan N. Angwin

51. Emerging market M&A / Ping Deng

52. Emotions in M&A / Melanie E. Hassett

53. Employee reactions during M&A / Inger Stensaker and Helene Loe Colman

54. Employee retention / Bruce Lamont and David R. King

55. Employee turnover / Bruce Lamont and David R. King

56. Ethnography in M&A research / Noelia Sarah Reynolds

57. Exploitation / Andreas Strobl

58. Exploration / Andreas Strobl

59. Failure - external causes / Duncan N. Angwin

60. Failure - pre-deal causes / Duncan N. Angwin

61. Failure - process causes / Duncan N. Angwin

62. Failure - post-acquisition causes / Duncan N. Angwin

63. Fairness during integration / Norbert Steigenberger

64. Family business M&A / Olimpia Meglio

65. Financial advisors / David Santana-Corchuelo

66. Financial motives / Kris Irwin

67. Financing of takeovers / Luc Renneboog and Yang Zhao

68. Geopolitics / Hinrich Voss

69. Grand challenges / Hinrich Voss

70. Greatest M&A failures / Duncan N. Angwin

71. Greatest M&A successes / Duncan N. Angwin

72. High-technology acquisitions / Panos Desyllas

73. Holding integration strategy / Duncan N. Angwin

74. Horizontal M&A / Sina Amiri

75. Hostile takeovers / Duncan N. Angwin

76. Hubris / Duncan N. Angwin

77. Human resource integration / Anjali Bansal

78. Indian M&A / Anjali Bansal

79. Industry life cycle and acquisition integration / Florian Bauer

80. Industry relatedness / Oleksandra Kochura

81. Innovation / Andreas Strobl

82. Integration capacity / Bruce Lamont and David R. King

83. Integration challenges / Norbert Steigenberger

84. Integration context / Norbert Steigenberger

85. Integration costs / Norbert Steigenberger

86. Integration flexibility / Svante Schriber

87. Integration manager / Satu Teerikangas

88. Integration performance / Satu Teerikangas

89. Integration team composition / Norbert Steigenberger

90. Intellectual property assets / Panos Desyllas

91. Intellectual property protection / Panos Desyllas

92. Knowledge acquisition / Panos Desyllas

93. Knowledge fit / Benjamin Kempton and Riikka M. Sarala

94. Knowledge management / Benjamin Kempton and Riikka M. Sarala

95. Knowledge transfer / Benjamin Kempton and Riikka M. Sarala

96. LBOs in the Mena region / Faten Moussa

97. Leadership / Andreas Strobl

98. Leveraged buyout / Kevin Amess and John Gilligan

99. Longitudinal research in M&A / Melanie E. Hassett

100. M&A and the Covid pandemic / Florian Bauer

101. M&A as ecosystem / Svante Schriber and Olimpia Meglio

102. M&A boutiques / David Santana-Corchuelo

103. Managerial assessment of performance / David R. King

104. M&A in 3D printing / Jennifer Johns and Roman Barwinski

105. Merger waves / Duncan N. Angwin

106. Mergers in higher education / Mehdi Safavi

107. Metaphor and metonymy / Sally Riad

108. Middle managers / Gustavo Birollo

109. Multidextrous integration / Robert Demir

110. Multidextrous M&A / Robert Demir

111. Negotiation strategy / Duncan N. Angwin

112. Networks in M&A / Nicola Mirc

113. Non-value maximizing motives / Kris Irwin

114. Organizational autonomy / Jean-Luc Arrg̈le and Brice Dattě

115. Organisational change / Melanie E. Hassett

116. Organizational identity / Janne Tienari

117. Origins of M&A / Duncan N. Angwin

118. Ownership similarity for target selection / Emanuele L. M. Bettinazzi

119. Payment methods / Sina Amiri

120. Pharma M&A / Klaus Ort

121. Post-acquisition integration / Nour Ghaddar and Nicola Mirc

122. Power in post-merger integration / Janne Tienari and Eero Vaara

123. Preservation integration strategy / Duncan N. Angwin

124. Private equity / Kevin Amess and John Gilligan

125. Private equity in the Mena region / Faten Moussa

126. Private equity viability in the Mena region / Faten Moussa

127. Project management / Satu Teerikangas and Gustavo Birollo

128. Psychic distance / Muriel Durand

129. Purpose-driven M&A / Harin Lee

130. Real options for international M&A / Mohammad Faisal Ahammad

131. Relatedness performance / Joseph A. Clougherty

132. Reorientation integration strategy / Duncan N. Angwin

133. Resilience as a driver for M&A / João Baptista

134. Resilience in integration / Svante Schriber

135. Resistance / Thi Nguyen and Audrey Rouzies

136. Seller preparation for postmerger integration / Robert Demir

137. Sensemaking in M&A / Noelia Sarah Reynolds

138. Sentiment analysis / Maureen Meadows

139. Socio-cultural integration / Melanie E. Hassett

140. Speed in M&A / Florian Bauer

141. Stakeholder approach to M&A performance / Olimpia Meglio

142. Stakeholder orientation for post-acquisition integration / Emanuele L. M. Bettinazzi

143. Stock market performance / David R. King

144. Strategic entrepreneurship / Svante Schriber

145. Strategic motives / Duncan N. Angwin

146. Strategy as practice perspective on M&A / Duncan N. Angwin

147. Sustainability agency / Noelia Sarah Reynolds

148. Symbiosis integration strategy / Duncan N. Angwin

149. Synergy / Martin Friesl

150. Synergy realization / Nicola Mirc and Nour Ghaddar

151. Target screening / Mai Anh Dao and Florian Bauer

152. Target size / Sina Amiri

153. Taxation / Jane Frecknall-Hughes

154. Technology M&A / Svante Schriber

155. Theories of M&A occurrence / Duncan N. Angwin

156. Theorizing M&A / Helene L. Colman and Satu Teerikanga

157. Time and timing / Mark Thomas

158. Tobin's Q and performance / David R. King

159. Transaction cost economics in cross border M&A / Mohammad Faisal Ahammad

160. Transitional service agreement / Alexander Griesmeier

161.

Typologies in M&A / Duncan N. Angwin

162. Umbrella constructs / Olimpia Meglio

163. Valuation / Alexander Budzinski

164. Value and its variety / Sally Riad

165. Vertical M&A / Sina Amiri

166. Vision in M&A / Maureen Meadows

167. Withdrawn M&A / Duncan N. Angwin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800880863 (e-book)

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Restricted for use by site license.