Failed mergers are often attributed to „corporate culture problems“ – this statement is now almost regarded as commonplace. However, because these difficulties can rarely be differentiated between, this reference is unsatisfactory and in the worst case could even be used as an excuse. This...

This collection of Eisenberg's most significant essays provides a coherent example of a set of important ideas in organisational communication, pertaining in particular to the importance of language and interpretation in the social construction of organisational life

In this paper, we look at the ways in which the 38 largest French and German companies have taken up elements of the MD discourse and integrated them into their annual reports and corporate web sites.

Building upon a firm-level empirical investigation we conduct a phenomenological analysis of corporate diversification patterns. We take up a more holistic, multilevel approach towards corporate diversifiaction: In our investigation we capture diversification at the output level, at the input...

The purpose of this study is to extend the current understanding of business divestiture by investigating its potential for triggering strategic reorientation. A divestiture involving strategic reorientation is here denoted as a strategic business exit, otherwise it is a status...