Social Integration Post-acquisition: How identity claims demarcate and compound

Hélène Colman, Audrey Rouziès () and Randi Lunnan
Additional contact information
Audrey Rouziès: stratégie - CRM - Centre de Recherche en Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: This study examines the social integration process in a cross-border acquisition where a French MNC acquired a Norwegian firm. We find that two co-evolving and distinct social integration processes: local integration as well as meta-integration develops post-acquisition. In each integration process different social categories become salient. We find that the expression identity claims produce both compounding processes that facilitate social integration and demarcating processes which hinder social integration. Our study complements previous studies that have emphasized the complexity of cross-border integration processes, by fleshing out how different loci of identity claims shape layered social integration processes

Keywords: identity; integration process; mergers and acquisitions; "identity"; " integration process"; " mergers and acquisitions" (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-08-03
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in Academy of Management Annual Meeting " The informal Economy", Aug 2012, Boston, United States. pp.1

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00743492

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().