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作者：BRUTON, GD; OVIATT, BM; WHITE, MA
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; Oklahoma State University System; Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
摘要：In 51 acquisitions of financially distressed firms, related business combinations in which the acquirers had prior acquisition experience performed best. However, business relatedness and acquisition experience had no effect on performance in a control group of 46 acquisitions of firms that were not distressed. The results imply that tacit knowledge about the acquisition process and about how to integrate and manage the assets of distressed firms may be keys to their successful acquistion.
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作者：ROSMAN, A; LUBATKIN, M; ONEILL, H
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：In contrast to prior investigations using between-subjects designs to infer the existence of rigidity in decision behaviors, this research used a within-subject design to directly measure rigidity. We also extended previous examinations by distinguishing between semantic and episodic informational cues. Finally, we used a computer process-tracing technique that allows validity assessments of tests and keeps researcher intrusion to a minimum. Our results, based on data from three different grou...
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作者：BURKHARDT, ME
摘要：This study was a longitudinal investigation of alternative sources of social influence and the role of interpersonal relationships in spreading beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors in an organization following a technological change. Network analysis techniques were used to test the relationships of belief, attitude, and behavior difference matrixes with structural matrixes depicting interaction distance and similarity in patterns of interaction (structural equivalence). The majority of the findi...
