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Sophie Fischer
Department of Management & Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia

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Published: 20 January 2021 in Sustainability
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The processes involved with mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are many, varied and complex. M&A research and practice needs a toolset that can apprehend that complexity and suggest ways forward. This paper shows the complexity of the constituents of organizations at a strategic level by building on the natural-resource-based view (NRBV) and the resulting competences and capabilities. In M&As, these resources and capabilities are managed through a variety of forms of acquisition integration comprised of sets of integration mechanisms. M&As occur in a range of strategic contexts and consequently many forms of integration are possible. Accordingly, there is a need for a mode of inquiry examining acquisition integration that can encompass a wide variety of forms, is holistic across a range of possible integration mechanisms and can provide insights. A configurational mode of inquiry can accommodate the complexity of the mechanisms, capabilities and resources, including natural resources, which constitute acquisition integration. A configurational approach emphasizes a holistic synthesis of elements and highlights the importance of thinking of M&As in terms of patterns. A configurational approach offers tools for considering M&As such as analyzing the thematic coherence of integration and enables the inclusion of sustainability into the logic of organizations.

ACS Style

Sophie Fischer; John Rodwell; Mark Pickering. A Configurational Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1020 .

AMA Style

Sophie Fischer, John Rodwell, Mark Pickering. A Configurational Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1020.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Sophie Fischer; John Rodwell; Mark Pickering. 2021. "A Configurational Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1020.