Managing patterns of internationalization, integration, and identity transformation: The post-acquisition metamorphosis of an Arabian Gulf EMNC

Kathleen Marshall Park, Olimpia Meglio, Florian Bauer and Shlomo Tarba

Journal of Business Research, 2018, vol. 93, issue C, 122-138

Abstract: In this paper, we study the multifaceted transformation of an emerging market firm making multiple acquisitions. Drawing on a process study of an acquisitions program spanning two decades, we examine the post-acquisition internationalization, integration and organizational identity dynamics of an Arabian Gulf EMNC serial acquirer. We find that the serial acquisitions and post-acquisition integration were sufficiently profound and changing over time to create an organizational identity transformation in four phases: (1) diffusion, (2) consolidation, (3) restoration, and (4) reinvention. These phases further reflect an emergent business model centered on new resource allocations and innovation competencies as well as a new worldwide brand and revised value propositions. Our study enhances understanding of post-acquisition integration variations and programmatic expansion through acquisitions from emerging markets by proposing a post-acquisition metamorphosis perspective on internationalization from a region of the world relatively less-examined yet nevertheless of central economic importance from a global geopolitical resources perspective.

Keywords: Post-acquisition integration; Internationalization; Acquisitions program; Emerging markets; Organizational identity; Process research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.05.019

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