The Social Side of Mergers and Acquisitions

Cooperation relationships after mergers and acquisitions
2007
ISBN: 978-3-8350-0754-3
Verlag: Deutscher Universitätsverlag

Buch, Englisch, 475 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 729 g

Reihe: Gabler Edition Wissenschaft

Mergers and acquisitions often fail to generate the expected value. One of the main reasons for such failures is a lack of cooperation among employees which prevents the expected formation of synergies.

Florian Frensch investigates which individual characteristics of employees and which dyadic factors of relationship partners affect the cooperation between employees of previously separated firms. The author develops an innovative approach for gathering network data with the help of a dynamic computer-based questionnaire which allows him to conduct a full network analysis of a group of approximately 400 employees on the lower operative level of the firms. He shows that structural cooperation requirements and integration measures are powerful means to make employees cooperate after M&A and provides answers to the questions how integration after M&A can be measured, explained and improved.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frensch, Florian

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gemünden, Prof. Dr. Hans Georg

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Coaching, Training, Supervision
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Coaching, Training, Supervision
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensberatung, Unternehmenssubventionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Executive summary.- Summary of content.- and formulation of research questions.- Theoretical model.- Empirical investigation.- Empirical study at the first research site: SpecMatCo.- Empirical study at the second research site: SoftCo.- Discussion of results for research question “Who cooperates?”.- Discussion of results for research question “Who cooperates with whom?”.- Implications for practitioners.- Academic contribution and implications for further research.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Florian Frensch promovierte bei Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Gemünden am Lehrstuhl für Innovations- und Technologiemanagement der Technischen Universität Berlin. Er ist Projektleiter bei The Boston Consulting Group, Berlin.