Advances in mergers and acquisitions : Vol. 6

The group psychology of mergers & acquisitions : lessons from the social identity approach / Johannes Ullrich, Rolf van Dick -- Explaining the effect of M&A on technological performance / Maria Chiara Di Guardo, Giovanni Valentini -- Stock market reactions to knowledge-motivated acquisitions / Ricardo Romero Gerbaud, Anne S. York -- The importance of target firm customers in acquisitions of technology-based firms / Margaret Dalziel -- Pre-merger identification : ties with the past bind us to the future? / Shandana Abedin, Gary Davies -- Acquiring biopharmaceutical research : is market approval a deal breaker? / Karen Ruckman -- A comparative overview of the impact of cultural diversity on inter-organisational encounters / Satu Teerikangas -- Motive archetypes in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) : the implications of a configurational approach to performance / Duncan Angwin -- Introduction / Cary L. Cooper, Sydney Finkelstein