This study considers the decision to undertake an acquisition using a framework built around the concepts of motivation and ability to acquire. The paper develops an integrative model to examine how firm characteristics contribute to motivation and ability in predicting the likelihood of an...

This dissertation contains a series of studies examining the effect of a firm's competitive strategy and operational effectiveness on its ability to gain advantage in its business-level competitive environment and in its corporate-level strategic actions, specifically its acquisition activity....

Recent popular business literature has suggested that there is a significant trend in the United States for firms to decrease the size and increase the focus of manufacturing plants they operate, and that this leads to higher productivity. This paper tests empirically the validity of these...

This paper examines acquisition performance from the perspective of acquirer capabilities. It argues that the strategic capabilities underpinning a firm’s competitive strategy can be utilized to create economic value in acquisitions. Acquirers with strong cost leadership capabilities are...

The purpose of this study is to explore organizational learning, using the lens of absorptive capacity, as a multi-level phenomenon spanning individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis. In the first chapter we explore how characteristics of individual employees interact with group...