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International acquisition success: Social community and dominant logic dimensions

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  • Alain Verbeke

    (Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

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International acquisitions intended to achieve knowledge transfers and improvements of innovation capacity can only be successful if the acquirer devotes balanced attention to (a) building a unified social community and (b) achieving requisite commonality in dominant logic. The balance between these two dimensions of success depends on the activity class considered: in some activity classes, imposing the acquiring firm's dominant logic will be dysfunctional, and therefore the post-acquisition managerial focus may need to shift towards social community building. Bresman, Birkinshaw and Nobel's (1999) acclaimed JIBS paper should be commended for identifying the social community dimension as a critical driver of international acquisition success.

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  • Alain Verbeke, 2010. "International acquisition success: Social community and dominant logic dimensions," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 41(1), pages 38-46, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jintbs:v:41:y:2010:i:1:p:38-46
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