Revisiting Shimizu et al.(2004): What do we know and what should we know about cross-border mergers and acquisitions?

M Wiedemann, D zu Knyphausen-Aufseß… - Review of Managerial …, 2024 - Springer
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) constitute an important phenomenon due to
their volumes, frequencies, and strategic relevance for business practice. Academia has …

Experiential learning, M&A performance, and post-acquisition integration strategy: A meta-analysis

L Schweizer, L Wang, E Koscher, B Michaelis - Long Range Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
While research on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) capabilities is accelerating, our
understanding of their antecedents and performance implications still remains rather …

[HTML][HTML] Intended or unintended strategy? The activities of middle managers in strategy implementation

A Christie, E Tippmann - Long Range Planning, 2024 - Elsevier
When top managers task middle managers with implementing strategies, those strategies
are often executed in a deviated form, which leads to the creation of unintended strategies …

CEOs' knowledge integration, entrepreneurship, and corporate innovation: Evidence for China

Y Rao, X Zhu, Y Sun, X Qian - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the influence of CEOs' knowledge integration on corporate innovation.
We find that CEOs with an initial natural science background are more innovative and bring …

[HTML][HTML] Walking on thin ice: CEOs′ internationalization decisions in underperforming firms

R García-García, E García-Canal, MF Guillén - Long Range Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
We build on previous research on the behavioral theory of the firm to examine the
relationship between performance shortfalls and internationalization. We start from existing …

A theory of Founder-CEOs succession: governance implications for mature family firms amidst strategic successes and failures

JF LeCounte - International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to contribute to the academic disciplines of entrepreneurship and
management by develo** a new theory that explains Founder-CEOs' succession in family …

Revealing the promise of microfoundations for international business research: A modular approach

TC Ambos, U Andersson, R Drogendijk… - Journal of World …, 2025 - Elsevier
The microfoundations perspective offers promising avenues for advancing theoretical and
empirical research in international business (IB). However, two key challenges have limited …

International environmental complexity and the demand for generalists and specialists in executive selection

T Vallone, S Elia, P Greve - Global Strategy Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary This study investigates the selection of generalists and
specialists as an organizational response to the complexity of firms' international operations …

CEO age, shareholder monitoring, and the organic growth of European firms

G Barba Navaretti, D Castellani, F Pieri - Small Business Economics, 2022 - Springer
The question of why some firms grow faster than others is of high theoretical and practical
importance. Beyond a wealth of studies based on stochastic models, firm growth has mostly …

Predicting Cross-border Merger and Acquisition Completion through CEO Characteristics: A Machine Learning Approach

C Cheng, J Dai - Management International Review, 2024 - Springer
The issue of cross-border merger and acquisition (CBMA) completion has garnered
significant attention from scholars, yet existing research primarily focuses on macro-and …