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Impacts Of It Resources On Business Performance Within The Context Of Mergers And Acquisitions, Viet T. Dao Jan 2010

Impacts Of It Resources On Business Performance Within The Context Of Mergers And Acquisitions, Viet T. Dao

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

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United-Continental Merger, Robert J. Carbaugh, Koushik Ghosh Jan 2010

United-Continental Merger, Robert J. Carbaugh, Koushik Ghosh

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Business

This case study discusses the nature and likely effects of the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines. It is intended as a lecture for instructors teaching undergraduate courses in Industrial Organization or Antitrust Economics.


Key Success Factors In Knowledge Transfer During M&A In Traditional Industries: An Empirical Study, Jun Huang, Juan Ling, Jiaqin Yang, Quanwu Zhao Jan 2010

Key Success Factors In Knowledge Transfer During M&A In Traditional Industries: An Empirical Study, Jun Huang, Juan Ling, Jiaqin Yang, Quanwu Zhao

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

This paper describes a study on identifying key successful factors in knowledge transfer resulting from business mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in those (so-called) traditional industries (e.g., textile and steel & iron) with the data collected in the steel and iron industry in Southwestern China. Specifically, this research investigates the relationship between prior-gained knowledge of merging companies, preparation and implementation processes, and actual performance after knowledge transfer. The result reveals that such prior-gained knowledge of merging companies will have a significant positive impact on the motivation for proposed M&A, while it, in contrast, may only have a limited impact on other …