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Gomes, Emanuel, Donnelly, Tom, Morris, David and Collis, Clive (2007) Improving Merger Process Management Skills Over Time: A Comparison Between the Acquisition Processes of Jaguar and of Land Rover by Ford. Irish Journal of Management, 28 (1): 3. pp. 31-57. ISSN 1649-248X
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Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to investigate what the critical factors underpinning successful merger and acquisition process management are and how organisations can improve their skills on managing these key factors. To do so, this paper examines similarities and differences between Ford's acquisition of Jaguar in 1989 and its acquisition of Land Rover eleven years later. It confirms past results of the literature that learning plays an important role, investigates major aspects of organisational learning, but additionally identifies the crucial factors for merger success. It concludes that, from experience, organisations gain specific execution skills that are essential to the management of merger processes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Merger-process management; Organisational learning; Post-merger integration; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: | 20291 |
| Depositing User: | IAM School of Business |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2025 09:29 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Irish Journal of Management |
| Publisher: | Irish Academy of Management |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20291 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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