New Integration Strategies for Post-Acquisition Management

Angwin, Duncan N; Meadows, Maureen

Abstract

The post-acquisition integration phase is widely recognized as critical to the M&A process. However post-acquisition typologies suffer from inadequate empirical support or lack of comprehensiveness. This empirical paper responds to calls for methodological pluralism in M&A research, and uses a mixed method to assess the robustness of a leading post-acquisition integration typology. Through multiple cluster analyses, different post-acquisition strategies are identified and qualitative techniques allow them to be further explored. This approach overcomes some limitations of single method research in M&A and results in a more robust, fine-grained and extended post-acquisition typology. It enables a more nuanced perspective on the coexistence of exploration and exploitation gains with implications for practitioners and researchers.

Citation

Angwin, D. N., & Meadows, M. (2015). New Integration Strategies for Post-Acquisition Management. Long Range Planning, 48(4), 235-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2014.04.001

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 25, 2014
• Online Publication Date: May 28, 2014
• Publication Date: Aug 18, 2015
• Deposit Date: Nov 9, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 16, 2020
• Journal: Long Range Planning
• Print ISSN: 0024-6301
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 235-251
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2014.04.001
• Keywords: Acquisition; Control; DCorporate diversification; Exploitation; Exploration; Post- Acquisition Integration; Mixed Method; Typologies 2
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5030980
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024630114000247