Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions

Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and the host of the podcast, The Sydcast. Professor Finkelstein is a recognized thought leader on leadership, strategy, and corporate governance.Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. Cooper is the author and editor of more than 175 books and is one of Britain's most quoted business gurus.

• Introduction: Research on Mergers and Acquisitions; Sydney Finkelstein and Cary L. Cooper Chapter 1. A Review of Research on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: Impact, Themes, and New Directions; Tsvetomira V. Bilgili Chapter 2. Modification of MNE Strategies in the Face of Financing Constraints; Umar Boodoo, Laurence Booth, George J. Georgopoulos, and Walid Hejazi Chapter 3. Acquisitions by Multi-Business Firms: A Divisional Lens; Ghahhar Zavosh and Marie-Ann Betschinger Chapter 4. The Performance of Serial Acquirers: A Review and Integrative Framework; Helene Loe Colman and Randi Lunnan Chapter 5. Outsourcing Experience: Examining Market Responses to Acquirers Relying on Advisor Experience; Adam Steinbach, Jerayr Haleblian, and Gerry McNamara Chapter 6. Middle-Status Opportunism: Financial Advisors and their Risky Acquisition Endorsements;; Yonghoon G. Lee and HeeJung Jung Chapter 7. Capabilities in Conflict? The Fallacy of Sameness between Divestitures and Acquisitions and Its Ramifications for Firm Capability Development and Deployment ; Patia J. McGrath and Atul Nerkar Chapter 8. Strategic Choices between Alliances and Acquisitions: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go from Here?; Manish K. SrivastavaChapter 9. Down the Wrong Rabbit Hole: Methodological Traps in Researching Emotions in Post-Merger Integration; Sandor Talas, Andre A. Pekerti, and Neal M. Ashkanasy