International acquisition success: Social community and dominant logic dimensions

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Verbeke, Alain
• 署名单位: University of Calgary
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.70
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 38-46
• 关键词: acquisitions; DOMINANT LOGIC; social community; asset bundling

摘要

International acquisitions intended to achieve knowledge transfers and improvements of innovation capacity can only be successful if the acquirer devotes balanced attention to (a) building a unified social community and (b) achieving requisite commonality in dominant logic. The balance between these two dimensions of success depends on the activity class considered: in some activity classes, imposing the acquiring firm's dominant logic will be dysfunctional, and therefore the post-acquisition managerial focus may need to shift towards social community building. Bresman, Birkinshaw and Nobel's (1999) acclaimed JIBS paper should be commended for identifying the social community dimension as a critical driver of international acquisition success. Journal of International Business Studies (2010) 41, 38-46. doi:10.1057/jibs.2009.70