Cross-Business Information Technology Integration and Acquirer Value Creation in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions

Hüseyin Tanriverdi () and Vahap Bülent Uysal ()
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Hüseyin Tanriverdi: Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
Vahap Bülent Uysal: Department of Finance, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019

Information Systems Research, 2011, vol. 22, issue 4, 703-720

Abstract: This study develops and tests the idea that the cross-business information technology integration (CBITI) capability of an acquirer creates significant value for shareholders of the acquirer in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In M&A, integrating the IT systems and IT management processes of acquirer and target could generate benefits such as (a) the consolidation of IT resources and the reduction of overall IT costs of the combined firm, (b) the development of an IT-based coordination mechanism and the realization of cross-firm business synergies, (c) the minimization of potential disruptions to business operations, and (d) greater ability to comply with relevant laws and regulations and the reduction of regulatory compliance costs. We test these ideas in a sample of 141 acquisitions conducted by 86 Fortune 1000 firms. In the short run, acquirers that have high levels of CBITI capabilities receive positive and significant cumulative abnormal returns to their M&A announcements. Announcement period returns indicate that the capital markets value CBITI similarly in same-industry and different-industry acquisitions. In the long run, acquirers with high levels of CBITI capabilities obtain significantly higher abnormal operating performance. They create significantly greater value in complementary acquisitions from different industries than in related acquisitions from the same industry. The findings have important implications for M&A research and practice.

Keywords: corporate mergers and acquisitions; cross-business IT integration; short-run abnormal stock returns; long-run abnormal operating performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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