This book integrates two different but equally prominent themes in the management field: mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). It explores questions such as whether strategic goals overlap or conflict with sustainability choices, what the strategic and...

Part I: Construct measurement: The case for umbrella constructs.-Chapter 1: Construct management in strategic management -- Chapter 2: Umbrella constructs: An overarching framework -- Part II: Umbrella constructs in the M&A field -- Chapter 3: The notion of process in merger and acquisition...