Mergers and Acquisitions

Helén Anderson is Professor of Business Administration at Jönköping International Business School, with a concentration in Marketing. Her research interests are in business dynamics, innovation, strategic change, and mergers and acquisitions.Virpi Havila is Professor of Business Studies at the Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University, with a concentration in Industrial Marketing. Her research interests include mergers and acquisitions, project ending and effects of ending business-to-business relationships. Fredrik Nilsson is Professor of Business Administration at Uppsala University with a concentration in Accounting. His research is focused on understanding the role of control systems in formulating and implementing strategies.

"With its stakeholder perspective, this book provides an alternative and fresh view of mergers and acquisitions. It shows that the implications of M&A activities are far reaching and long lasting. The book is full of interesting stories of successful and failed M&As that should be appealing to anybody with an interest in these issues." – Johan Wiklund, Syracuse University, USA

• 1. Introduction: A Stakeholder Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions Helén Anderson, Virpi Havila and Fredrik Nilsson Part I: Shareholders and Top Managers 2. The Growing Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility in Mergers and Acquisitions Tommy Borglund 3. Top Managers as Stakeholders, Their Motives and Sensemaking in a ‘Hostile’ Merger and Acquisition Process Mona Ericson Part II: Middle Managers and Employees 4. The Arranged Marriage Syndrome – Challenges to Subsidiary Managers during the Integration Process between Two Merging Multinational Companies Roger Schweizer 5. Internal Legitimacy for Change in Mergers and Acquisitions Magnus Frostenson 6. The Internal Auditor’s Involvement in Acquisitions Fredrik Nilsson, Nils-Göran Olve and Olof Arwinge 7. When the Integration of Management Control Systems Is At Stake – Experience From the Car Industry Peter Beusch Part III: Suppliers and Customers 8. Managing the Influence of External Competitive Change during Integration Svante Schriber 9. Supplier Relationships at Stake in Mergers and Acquisitions Johan Holtström 10. Why Do Customers Dissolve Their Business Relationships with the Acquired Party Following an Acquisition? Christina Öberg Part IV: Public Bodies, Other Parties of Public Interest and Scholars 11. Mergers of Authorities in Central Government: Role Ambiguities and Blame-Avoidance Louise Bringselius 12. Bank Mergers in Sweden - The Interplay between Bank Owners, Bank Management and the State 1910-2009 Sven Jungerhem and Mats Larsson 13. The Stake of High Failure Rates in Mergers and Acquisitions Annette Risberg 14. Epilogue: Reflection on the Critical Role of Stakeholders in Mergers and Acquisitions Helén Anderson