New Integration Strategies for Post-Acquisition Management

Angwin, Duncan N. and Meadows, Maureen (2015). New Integration Strategies for Post-Acquisition Management. Long Range Planning, 48(4) pp. 235–251.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2014.04.001

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 imitations of single method research in M&A and results in a more robust, fine-grained and extended postacquisition typology. It enables a more nuanced perspective on the coexistence of exploration and exploitation gains with implications for practitioners and researchers.

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