MANIFESTATIONS OF HIGHER-ORDER ROUTINES: THE UNDERLYING MECHANISMS OF DELIBERATE LEARNING IN THE CONTEXT OF POSTACQUISITION INTEGRATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Heimeriks, Koen H.; Schijven, Mario; Gates, Stephen
• 署名单位: Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Audencia
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2009.0572
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 703-726
• 关键词: dynamic capabilities; ACQUISITION PERFORMANCE; ALLIANCE CAPABILITY; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; SCALE DEVELOPMENT; firm performance; MULTIPLE-ITEM; PAST RESEARCH

摘要

Building on the codification and dynamic capabilities literatures, we pursue deeper insight into the underlying mechanisms of deliberate learning in the context of post-acquisition integration. We argue that experience codification gives rise to inertial forces that hamper the customization of routines to any given acquisition. We theorize, therefore, that successful acquirers develop higher-order routines-as manifested in two complementary sets of concrete organizational practices-that prevent the generalization of inapplicable (zero-order) codified routines. After drawing on in-depth qualitative data to help build our theoretical argument, we test it formally with unique survey data on 85 active acquirers.