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Mergers and Acquisitions

Rethinking Key Umbrella Constructs

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Authors:
  1. Olimpia Meglio

    1. Benevento, Italy

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  2. Svante Schriber

    1. Stockholm, Sweden

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  • Provides a critical reflection on four broad umbrella constructs that cut across the acquisition process: process, fit, integration, and performance
  • Is the first book to get 'back to basics' in merger and acquisition literature, providing a solid foundation for future research
  • Serves as a reference to scholars and practitioners in mergers and acquisitions

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Construct Measurement: The Case for Umbrella Constructs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Construct Measurement in Strategic Management: Key Issues and Debate

      • Olimpia Meglio
      Pages 3-26

    3. Umbrella Constructs: An Overarching Framework

      • Olimpia Meglio, Svante Schriber
      Pages 27-56

  3. Umbrella Constructs in the M&A Field

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. The Notion of Process in Merger and Acquisition Research

      • Olimpia Meglio
      Pages 59-84

    3. The Notion of Fit in Merger and Acquisition Research

      • Svante Schriber
      Pages 85-114

    4. The Notion of Integration in Merger and Acquisition Research

      • Olimpia Meglio
      Pages 115-139

    5. The Notion of Performance in Merger and Acquisition Research

      • Svante Schriber
      Pages 141-169

  4. Moving Forward

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Umbrella Constructs and the Progress of the Merger and Acquisition Field

      • Olimpia Meglio, Svante Schriber
      Pages 173-191

    3. Epilogue

      • Duncan Angwin
      Pages 193-198

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 199-203
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About this book

This book provides scholars and practitioners in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) with a solid foundation for further research. M&As continue to shape the economic landscape across the globe. While there is already a huge body of scholarly work on the subject, findings appear contradictory and academics and practitioners often struggle to understand what factors make M&As successful.


Due to the lack of an agreed-upon definition, research findings appear contradictory, while in fact they are often simply not comparable. To address this, the book rethinks how we measure key umbrella constructs. It specifically focuses on the conceptualization phase of the measurement process, often taken for granted in the current research.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Benevento, Italy

    Olimpia Meglio

  • Stockholm, Sweden

    Svante Schriber

About the authors

Olimpia Meglio holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration. She is Associate Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy. Her research interests lie at the intersection of strategic and organizational issues in growth strategies. Her work has been published in leading academic journals, such as the Journal of Business Research, or R&D Management. 


Svante Schriber holds a Ph.D. from the Stockholm School of Economics, and works as an Associate Professor at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm, Sweden. His research focuses on competitive strategy, particularly M&As. His interests include target selection, integration, and competitive dynamics in M&As. His work has been published in leading international journals, such as the Journal of World Business or Journal of Business Research.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Book Subtitle: Rethinking Key Umbrella Constructs

  • Authors: Olimpia Meglio, Svante Schriber

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40459-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40458-1Published: 08 March 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40461-1Published: 08 March 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40459-8Published: 07 March 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 203

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Organization, Business Consulting

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