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The Speed of Human and Task Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions

Human Integration as Basis for Task Integration

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Carolin Proft

    1. Internationale Hochschule, MCI Management Center Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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  • Study in the field of economic science

Part of the book series: BestMasters (BEST)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Introduction

    • Carolin Proft
    Pages 1-4

  3. State of the Art

    • Carolin Proft
    Pages 5-50

  4. Research Model and Hypotheses Development

    • Carolin Proft
    Pages 51-55

  5. Methodology

    • Carolin Proft
    Pages 56-78

  6. Discussion

    • Carolin Proft
    Pages 79-85

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 87-107
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About this book

In practice, managers of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) draw their attention more and more to speed of integration within their M&A strategies. In a paradoxical manner, M&A research on speed of integration is still in its infancy and remains underdeveloped. Empirical findings reach from positive over negative to non-significant relationships between speed and M&A success. Carolin Proft develops a research model which encompasses task integration speed and human integration speed as independent variables influencing the dependent variable of M&A performance. She clarifies the question of how the success factor speed can be used as a tool to enhance M&A success. Based on the data collected from 101 German speaking companies she proves that task integration speed negatively influences M&A performance while human integration speed promotes M&A success. The present study is unique as it quantitatively demonstrates that the two types of integration occur at different levels of speed. Therefore, the M&A success significantly depends on the chronology of the two types of integration.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Internationale Hochschule, MCI Management Center Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Carolin Proft

About the author

Carolin Proft obtained her Master of Arts degree at Management Center Innsbruck, Austria. She is specialized in the field of International and Strategic Management.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Speed of Human and Task Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Book Subtitle: Human Integration as Basis for Task Integration

  • Authors: Carolin Proft

  • Series Title: BestMasters

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04564-7

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-04563-0Published: 16 December 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-04564-7Published: 02 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2625-3577

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-3615

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 107

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Management

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