An approach to analyzing and planning post-merger IS integration: Insights from two field studies

Maria Alaranta () and Stefan Henningsson ()
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Maria Alaranta: Helsinki University of Technology
Stefan Henningsson: Copenhagen Business School

Information Systems Frontiers, 2008, vol. 10, issue 3, No 4, 307-319

Abstract: Abstract Information systems (IS) integration is among the most challenging tasks in corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&As). In this paper we propose and illustrate the use of an approach to analyzing and planning post-merger IS integration that extends general theory for IS planning, considering the specific characteristics of the M&A context. We highlight that planning effectiveness is possible to achieve in fundamentally different ways, dependent on the characteristics of the merger or acquisition at hand.

Keywords: Post-acquisition integration; Post-merger integration; M&A; Integration; IS Strategy; IS integration; IS planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s10796-008-9079-2

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