Socio-Cultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions The Nordic Ap
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Johanna Raitis, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Mélanie E. Hassett and Niina Nummela
Socio-Cultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions
Johanna Raitis • Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen Mélanie E. Hassett • Niina Nummela Editors
Socio-Cultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions The Nordic Approach
Editors Johanna Raitis University of Turku Turku, Finland
Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen University of Turku Turku, Finland
Mélanie E. Hassett University of Sheffield Sheffield, UK
Niina Nummela University of Turku Turku, Finland
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Foreword: Making Mergers and Acquisitions Work—The Socio-cultural Perspective
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) represent a hugely important financial investment and affect the working lives of large numbers of employees. During this, the seventh wave of merger activity, recently published statistics show a record level of global activity in 2015, when the total value of deals reached 4.8 trillion US dollars (Statista 2017). In terms of regional spend on M&As, Europe came second to the United States, and was dominated by activity in five specific sectors—financial services, telecoms, pharmaceuticals, computer manufacturing and oil and gas. For employees, it is widely accepted that M&As are major and disruptive change events commonly associated with job losses, changes in structure, working pract
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