An approach to analyzing and planning post-merger IS integration: Insights from two field studies

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-319

  Alaranta, Maria ^a   Henningsson, Stefan ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Integration; IS integration; IS planning; IS Strategy; M A; Post acquisition integration; Post merger integration

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION SYSTEM PLANNING; INFORMATION SYSTEM STRATEGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS) INTEGRATION; POST ACQUISITION INTEGRATION; POST MERGER INTEGRATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 44649097466     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-008-9079-2     Document Type: Article

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