The Role of Target Firm Power in M&A Knowledge Transfer

Paulina Junni; Riikka M. Sarala; Shlomo Y. Tarba

doi:10.1080/00208825.2018.1407085

The Role of Target Firm Power in M&A Knowledge Transfer

Paulina Junni^*, Riikka M. Sarala, Shlomo Y. Tarba

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Department of Management Studies

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Abstract

This study examines the role of target firm power in mergers and acquisitions (M&As). We investigate the effects of the position, referent and expert bases of power of the target firm on reverse knowledge transfer. We test our hypotheses on a sample of 123 responses from 106 domestic and foreign acquisitions conducted by Finnish companies. We find that a moderate level of target firm power supports reverse knowledge transfer. Also, we show that referent and expert bases of power are particularly important in explaining the overall degree of target firm power. This study contributes to the M&A literature by elaborating on the role of target firm power.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-87
Number of pages	17
Journal	International Studies of Management and Organization
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2018.1407085
Publication status	Published - Feb 2018
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Finland
mergers and acquisitions
target firm power

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