Rethinking the cross-border acquisition process in terms of territorial social responsibility

Selena Aureli () and Paola Demartini ()

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2015, vol. 11, issue 4, 429-451

Abstract: Mergers and acquisitions are usually analysed as an outcome of the buyer's strategic decision-making process, while the position of the target company and its stakeholders is often under-researched. Thus this paper aims to analyse acquisitions from the point of view of the selling firm's stakeholders and understand their role in these operations. An in-depth examination of a case study reveals that stakeholders' needs can be at the forefront of the operation and that deep involvement in a local community can affect the decision of the owner to sell his/her company to foreign investors perceived as a potential threat to the local environment. Results confirm that in Italy there is the presence of a collective desire for social responsibility within the territory.

Keywords: international acquisitions; social responsibility; territorial responsibility; local environment; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; interpretivism; case study; Chinese firm; stakeholder role; cross-border acquisitions; mergers and acquisitions; M%A; Italy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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