Annual Experts meeting 2018
This year’s meeting will highlight Organizational Challenges in International Environments from various perspectives with an exciting mix of speeches and discussions. A key focus is on challenges resulting from increased complexity in international business environments. Simultaneously, new opportunities can arise for developing sustainable, future-oriented organizations. Within the ] annual experts meeting [ 2018, we offer a platform to discuss possible approaches for managing such developments.
In addition to presentations, open sessions are scheduled to allow researchers and interested practitioners a platform for discussion.
More details on the ] annual experts meeting [ 2018 can be found under: Program_AEM18.pdf
Publication: How Industry Lifecycle Sets Boundary Conditions for M&A Integration
Value creation in acquisitions is tightly connected with actions taken during integration. There is no “one size fits all” approach for integration but rather an interdependency of the suitability of integration related decisions with the industry lifecycle.
Publication: Examining Links between Pre and Post M&A Value Creation Mechanisms — Exploitation, Exploration and Ambidexterity in Central European SMEs
The concepts of exploration and exploitation are types of organizational learning and innovation behaviour and are crucial for sustainable company development. Acquisitions establish the capability of pursuing both exploration and exploitation.