Research on emotions during different phases of the merger and acquisition (M&A) process
(ie, pre‐M&A, during M&A and post‐M&A) has increased exponentially over the past three …

There are many types of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), be they a minority acquisition to
explore a potential high growth emerging market, a takeover of a financially distressed firm …

This paper takes a contingency approach to investigate whether there are market
performance variations for different types of M&A. Eight different types of M&A are identified …

Although the management of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and of projects are
connected in practice, they remain disjoined in academia. In this paper, we conceptually …

Successful post‐acquisition integration hinges on combining hard and soft integration, but
insights into how this can be done are scarce. We develop a dynamic model of post …

In this in-depth, qualitative case study, we elucidate how the emotions of middle managers
impact their sensemaking and sensegiving practices during post-merger integration (PMI) …

The intersection of program management and acquisition research remains undeveloped.
Within both research domains there is limited recognition of how senior and project …

Integration process performance, capturing the extent to which integration teams realize
their integration milestones, is significant in absorption acquisitions, because it constitutes …

Abstract Research Summary This article applies a mixed‐method approach to explore the
complexities of post‐mergers and acquisitions (M&A) integration processes. Extant literature …

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are major events in organizational development and the
post-merger phase is widely recognised as being crucial for value creation. One of the most …