Managing Acquisitions To Fuel Corporate Entrepreneurship: The Influence Of Organisational Members Sensemaking
- Tags:
- Acquisition,
- Management,
- Investment,
- Finance,
- Entrepreneurship,
- Entrepreneurial,
- Corporate Law,
- Business Operations,
- Babson Executive Education,
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Source:
- Babson Executive Education
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Overview: In technology intensive industries, companies have come to rely on acquisitions as a tactic for infusing the existing organization with innovative products and services and new entrepreneurial activity. Many organizations use acquisitions to complement and even substitute for “greenfield” ventures. Acquisitions can, therefore, be described as one form of corporate entrepreneurship that can be particularly useful as an established company tries to innovate and infuse the organization with more entrepreneurial behavior. However, this approach is not without its pitfalls as acquisitions, in general, have a poor performance record. In this study, one takes an interpretivist perspective to explore if and how acquisitions can be used to fuel corporate entrepreneurship. The findings from this study have important implications for researchers who study mergers and acquisitions and corporate entrepreneurship, and for managers who oversee these complex organizational processes.
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Format: PDF | Size: 255KB | Date: Oct 2002 | Pages: 25
