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Impact of Information Technology Infrastructure Flexibility on Mergers and Acquisitions

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  • Jose Benitez

    (ESC [Rennes] - ESC Rennes School of Business)

  • Gautam Ray
  • Jörg Henseler

    (ULISBOA - Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon = Université de Lisbonne)

Abstract

Although mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are a common strategy to reduce costs and pursue growth, the variance in returns from M&A is very high. This research examines how information technology (IT) infrastructure flexibility affects M&A. We use a combination of secondary as well as matched-pair survey data from 100 mid-size firms in Spain to investigate this relationship. The empirical analysis suggests that IT infrastructure flexibility affects M&A through two key pathways: a flexible IT infrastructure facilitates the development of business flexibility that provides the responsiveness to seize M&A opportunities and make acquisitions, and a flexible IT infrastructure facilitates the development of post-M&A IT integration capability that provides the control to integrate the IT and business resources of the acquired firm and realize the economic benefits from M&A.

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  • Jose Benitez & Gautam Ray & Jörg Henseler, 2018. "Impact of Information Technology Infrastructure Flexibility on Mergers and Acquisitions," Post-Print hal-01998000, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01998000
    DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2018/13245
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