The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) are events that attract considerable interest from academics and practitioners for their implications on individuals, organizations and societies. Today there exists a large amount of empirical research analyzing M&As from the perspectives of the acquiring firms, from different research paradigms, using different methods and studying different units of analysis. Yet, despite all this research, and the multiple theoretical and methodological approaches used, there is still a lot to learn about M&As and their effects on the organizations and stakeholders involved. The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions does not intend to replicate existing collections of papers one may find in other handbooks. Rather it explores a different journey into this multifaceted phenomenon; focusing on issues rather than on functional perspectives in order to rejuvenate often taken for granted concepts in M&A studies. The Companion employs a wealth of international contributions who explore a variety of M&A issues using a variety of research methods, in different settings across the globe offering a more holistic overview of M&A by considering both differences and areas of agreement. Drawing together well respected scholars as well as rising stars of the discipline,The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions provides a comprehensive examination of the subject from an organizational and issues perspective, helping to define the field and furthering the literature within the discipline. In doing so,The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions will be a hugely useful resource for students and researchers as well as practitioners alike.