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Mergers and Acquisitions in the Software Industry

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  • Markus Schief
  • Peter Buxmann
  • Dirk Schiereck

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This paper analyzes approaches investigating success drivers of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the software industry. The literature review covers a classification of research papers in the generic and software industry specific M&A research discipline. The results accentuate that the impact of success factors depends on the research context and that many factors have not been examined so far with respect to the software industry. Building on these insights, the resulting areas for research are pointed out. The investigation of software industry specific factors, in particular, promises to contribute to the analysis of variance in M&A performance. Copyright Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2013

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  • Markus Schief & Peter Buxmann & Dirk Schiereck, 2013. "Mergers and Acquisitions in the Software Industry," Business & Information Systems Engineering: The International Journal of WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Springer;Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), vol. 5(6), pages 421-431, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:binfse:v:5:y:2013:i:6:p:421-431
    DOI: 10.1007/s12599-013-0293-1
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