Introduction

Abstract

Volume 8 of Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions brings together an international set of articles on topics to do with international mergers, the role of cultural distance and post-acquisition integration, employee attitudes and behavioural intentions during post-merger integration, culture fit and post-merger success, transitional governance and its link to implicit process assumptions, the effect of organizational complexity and post-merger integration and industry specific examples of the impact of merger and acquisitions (M&A). The contributors come from across the world: Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States.

Citation

Cooper, C.L. and Finkelstein, S. (2009), "Introduction", Cooper, C.L. and Finkelstein, S. (Ed.) Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions (Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, Vol. 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. ix-x. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-361X(2009)0000008002