Sub-theme 35: Designing M&As and Organizations through M&As
Convenors:
Philippe Véry, EDHEC Business School, Nice, France
Satu Teerikangas, University College London, UK
Mélanie Hassett, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland
Session I: Thursday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, Large room – Aalto Executive Education
Developing an M&A Capability
Chair: Mélanie Hassett
Philipp Meyer-Doyle
Executive learning in corporate development: Evidence from corporate acquisitions
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Pauliina Junni
Antonia Alafouzo, Hui Tan and David Faulkner
An examination of metacompetence as a distinctive strategic capability in boundary development
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Qi Ai
Session II: Thursday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, Large room – Aalto Executive Education
Designing Acquisitions
Chair: Philippe Véry
Noelia-Sarah Reynolds
Successful designing of mergers and acquisitions: Emotions and identification of top managers during the mergers and acquisitions
process
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Michael Grant
Andras Lengyel
Responsible integration management: The role of ethics, justice and trust in acquisitions
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Dries Faems
Niina Nummela and Mélanie Hassett
Unlocking path dependence in cross-border acquisitions – A case study of the critical events breaking the path
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Helén Andersson
Session III: Thursday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, Large room – Aalto Executive Education
Participants in M&A
Chair: Satu Teerikangas
Christina Öberg, Helén Anderson and Johan Holtström
Connectedness in complementary acquisitions – Effects on customers and suppliers
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Duncan Angwin
Maija Renko, Helena Yli-Renko and Laura Wilhelmiina Laaksonen
Designed to be acquired? The case of private technology ventures
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Riikka Sarala
Session IV: Friday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, Large room – Aalto Executive Education
Integration Dynamics
Chair: Helén Andersson
Uma Urs and Duncan Angwin
Implications of integration design – How do acquirers integrate business functions through the use and deployment of organizational
routines?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Andras Lengyel
Dries Faems
When David becomes Goliath: Post-acquisition integration of established business units in entrepreneurial firms
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Maija Renko
Satu Teerikangas and Janne Tienari
Ambiguities in merger integration: A view from within
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Helén Andersson
Session V: Friday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, Large room – Aalto Executive Education
Perspectives to Knowledge in M&A
Chair: Duncan Angwin
Paulina Junni and Riikka Sarala
The determinants and effects of target firm power on M&A knowledge transfer
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Laura Erkkilä
Mehdi Safavi and Richard Woodward
A performative view of knowledge exploitation and exploration case study: A higher education merger
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Philipp Meyer-Doyle
Elvira Periac, Sébastien Gand and Jean-Claude Sardas
Individual roles to achieve knowledge integration in mergers and acquisitions: Completing the knowledge broker concept with
knowledge developer's roles
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Michael Grant
Session VI: Saturday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30, Large room – Aalto Executive Education
International M&A
Chair: Riikka Sarala
Priscila Matuck, José Mesquita, Daniel Jardim Pardini and Carlos Alberto Gonçalves
A multi-culture perspective in the related post-acquisition process
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Mélanie Hassett
Qi Ai and Hui Tan
The influence of government on China's outward mergers & acquisitions: Issues at the pre-acquisition stage
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Elvira Periac
Session VII: Saturday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, Large room – Aalto Executive Education
The Study of M&A
Chair: Mélanie Hassett
Laura Erkkilä
Towards new conceptualizations of organizational control: Outlining a discourse analysis of managers’ talk in cross-border
acquisitions
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Noelia-Sarah Schnurr
Michael Grant, Lars Frimansson and Fredrik Nilsson
Mergers & acquisitions process research: A review
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Antonia Alafouzo