Strategic alignment in mergers and acquisitions: Theorizing IS integration decision making

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-174

  Mehta, Manjari ^a   Hirschheim, Rudy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Business IS strategic alignment; Cost saving mantra; Expectations; Geography; IS integration; Mergers; Power; Sourcing; Structure; Synergies

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; INTEGRATION; MERGING;

ACQUISITION; BUSINESS-IS STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT; COST SAVING; COST-SAVING MANTRUM; EXPECTATION; GEOGRAPHY; IS INTEGRATION; MERGER; POWER; SOURCING; STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT; SYNERGY;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 44649170539     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00118     Document Type: Article

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