A unique book in the market as a textbook that juxtaposes key readings with a range of illustrative cases Seventh edition has been updated to increase suitability as a course text, with improved and consistent pedagogy throughout, a new introductory chapter to provide an overview, and additional cases to download for class use The material selected features new cases and readings picked on relevance, interest, and readability to keep up with changes in the field, while retaining the classic material Accessible with a keen attention to students’ needs, offering cases and readings that engage students and support their studies

A unique book in the market as a textbook that juxtaposes key readings with a range of illustrative cases Seventh edition has been updated to increase suitability as a course text, with improved and consistent pedagogy throughout, a new introductory chapter to provide an overview, and additional cases to download for class use The material selected features new cases and readings picked on relevance, interest, and readability to keep up with changes in the field, while retaining the classic material Accessible with a keen attention to students’ needs, offering cases and readings that engage students and support their studies

In mergers and acquisitions (M&A), special emphasis is usually placed on the strategic and financial goals of the deal, while the psychological, cultural, and human resource implications do not receive as much attention. This book examines the dynamics of the sociocultural processes inherent in M&A and fleshes out their implications for postmerger integration management. The book's contributors come from a variety of subdisciplines within the field of management, and thus provide new insights into the managerial, social, and cultural processes inherent in M&A. Executives with extensive experience managing M&A have offered commentaries at the end of the chapters, providing real-world perspective to empirical and theoretical insights. Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press.