Peering into the Executive Mind: Expanding Our Understanding of the Motives for Acquisitions
Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions
ISBN: 978-1-78635-394-8, eISBN: 978-1-78635-393-1
Publication date: 5 July 2016
Abstract
In this chapter, we review recent work examining the influence individual executive characteristics exhibit on acquisition behavior, often in service of their private interests. In doing so, we outline the findings of this limited research, explore possible alternative explanations and factors, and discuss several novel data collection and methodological techniques that scholars have advanced in the upper echelon context, in recent years. As we discuss, we believe that researchers can more fruitfully explore the underlying personal, psychological, and social factors that motivate acquisition activity, by augmenting current techniques with these methodological innovations.
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Citation
Steinbach, A., Devers, C.E., McNamara, G. and Li, J. (2016), "Peering into the Executive Mind: Expanding Our Understanding of the Motives for Acquisitions", Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions (Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, Vol. 15), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-361X20160000015008
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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