Mergers & Acquisitions

Jeffrey Krug teaches strategic management and international business in the Ph.D., Executive MBA, MBA, and undergraduate programs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also an adjunct professor of international management at the University of Munster in Germany. He was named Outstanding Instructor of the Year by the University of Illinois Executive MBA program in 2003 and 2000. He also received the Faculty Service Award from the Executive MBA program for his work leading consulting projects in Europe with such companies as Porsche, Volkswagen, Caterpillar, Warsteiner, Deutsche Telekom, BASF, and Bertelsmann. Before entering academia, Dr. Krug was manager of planning & analysis in Latin America for PepsiCo′s Kentucky Fried Chicken International division. Krug′s research focuses on mergers and acquisition, corporate strategy, corporate governance, top management team effectiveness, and global strategy. His articles have been published in Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, California Management Review, Journal of World Business, Journal of Management & Governance, Journal of International Management, and other related journals

VOLUME I: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Definitions and Concepts
The Art of M&A - Reed, Stanley Foster, Alexandra Reed Lajoux, and H. Peter Nesvold
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings - Gaughan, Patrick A.,
Applied Mergers and Acquisitions - Bruner, Robert F.
Merger and Acquisition Motives
A Typology of Merger Motives - Baker, H. Kent, Thomas O. Miller, and Brian J. Ramsperger
Management Objectives in Mergers and Acquisitions - Walter, Gordon A. and Jay B. Barney
Merger Motives and Merger Prescriptions - Trautwein, Friedrich
Merger Motives and Target Valuation: A Survey of Evidence from CFOs - Mukherjee, Tarun K., Halil Kiymaz, and H. Kent Baker
Theoretical Determinants of Mergers & Acquisitions
An Economic Disturbance Theory of Mergers - Gort, Michael
Types of Synergy and Economic Value: The Impact of Acquisitions on Merging and Rival Firms - Chatterjee, Sayan
Fashions, Fads, and Bubbles in Financial Markets - Shiller, Robert J.
The Q-Theory of Mergers - Jovanovic, Boyan and Peter L. Rousseau
Manne, Henry G. - Hubris, Agency Costs, and The Market for Corporate Control
Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control
The Market for Corporate Control: A Review of the Evidence - Dodd, Peter
The Hubris Hypothesis of Corporate Takeovers - Roll, Richard
Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences - Jensen, Michael C.
Organization Theory and the Market for Corporate Control: A Dynamic Analysis of the Characteristics of Large Takeover Targets, 1980-1990 - Davis, Gerald F. and Suzanne K. Stout
Merger and Acquisition Waves
Catch a Wave: The Time Series Behavior of Mergers - Golbe, Devra L. and Lawrence J. White
Aggregate Merger Activity: New Evidence on the Wave Hypothesis - Linn, Scott C. and Zhen Zhu
What Drives Merger Waves? - Harford, Jarrad
VOLUME II: THE MERGER & ACQUISITION PROCESS
Corporate Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions
Diversification via Acquisition: Creating Value - Salter, Malcolm S. and Wolf A. Weinhold
The Changing Role of Acquisitions - Bradley, James W. and Donald H. Korn
Mode of Corporate Diversification and Economic Performance - Lamont, Bruce T. and Carl R. Anderson
From Competitive Advantage to Corporate Strategy - Porter, Michael E.
The Influence of Mergers on Firms′ Product-Mix Strategies - Krishnan, Ranjani A., Satish Joshi, and Hema Krishnan
Acquisition Planning and Analysis
Strategic Analysis for More Profitable Acquisitions - Rappaport, Alfred
Decision Making in Mergers: An Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process - Bagchi, Prabir and Ramesh P. Rao
Constructing a Synergistic Base for Premier Deals - Sirower, Mark L.
Is Attack the Best Form of Defence? A Competing Risks Analysis of Acquisition Activity in the UK - Dickerson, Andrew P., Heather D. Gibson, and Euclid Tsakalotos
Conditions for Asymmetric Information Solutions when Alliances Provide Acquisition Options and Due Diligence - Arend, Richard J.
Acquisition Decision Making
Conjectures on Cognitive Simplification in Acquisition and Divestment Decision Making - Duhaime, Irene M. and Charles R. Schwenk
Corporate Acquisitions: A Process Perspective - Jemison, David B. and Sim B. Sitkin
Acquisition Decision-Making Processes: The Central Role of Risk - Pablo, Amy L., Sim B. Sitkin, and David B. Jemison
A Study of Escalating Commitment in Principal-Agent Relationships: Effects of Monitoring and personal Responsibility - Kirby, Susan L. and Mark A. Davis
Predicting a Firm′s Forecasting Ability: The Roles of Organizational Illusion of Control and Organizational Attention - Durand, Rodolphe
Post-Merger Employee Effects
Acculturation in Mergers and Acquisitions - Nahavandi, Afsaneh and Ali R. Malekzadeh
The Psychological Impact of Merger and Acquisition on the Individual: A Study of Building Society Managers - Cartwright, Sue and Cary L. Cooper
Changes in Employee Attitudes After an Acquisition - Newman, Jerry M. and Frank J. Krzystofiak
National and Corporate Cultural Fit in Mergers/Acquisitions: An Exploratory Study - Weber, Yaakov, Oded Shenkar, and Adi Raveh
Cultural Conflict and Merger Failure: An Experimental Approach - Weber, Roberto A. and Colin F. Camerer
VOLUME III: INTEGRATION, GOVERNANCE, & PERFORMANCE
Post-Merger Top Management Team Effects
Top Management Turnover Following Mergers and Acquisitions - Walsh, James P.
Relative Standing: A Framework for Understanding Departures of Acquired Executives - Hambrick, Donald C. and Albert A. Cannella, Jr.
Diversification and Top Management Team Complementarity: Is performance Improved by Merging Similar or Dissimilar Teams? - Krishnan, Hema A., Alex Miller, and William Q. Judge
Executive Retention and Acquisition Outcomes: A Test of Opposing Views on the Influence of Organizational Tenure - Bergh, Donald D.
Executive Turnover in Acquired Firms: An Analysis of Resource-Based Theory and the Upper Echelons Perspective - Krug, Jeffrey A.
Merger Integration
Communication With Employees Following a Merger: A Longitudinal Field Experiment - Schweiger, David M. and Angelo S. DeNisi
Determinants of Acquisition Integration Level: A Decision-Making Perspective, - Pablo, Amy L.
Is Speed of Integration Really a Success Factor of Mergers and Acquisitions? An Analysis of the Role of Internal and External Relatedness - Homburg, Christian and Matthias Bucerius
A Paradox of Synergy: Contagion and Capacity Effects in Mergers and Acquisitions - Shaver, J. Myles
Determinants of Merger Performance
An Exploratory Study of Strategic Acquisition Factors Relating to Performance - Kusewitt, John B., Jr.
Synergies and Post-Acquisition Performance: Differences versus Similarities in Resource Allocations - Harrison, Jeffrey S., Michael A. Hitt, Robert E. Hoskisson, and R. Duane Ireland
Understanding Acquisition Performance: The Role of Transfer Effects - Finkelstein, Sydney and Jerayr Haleblian
Closing Resource Gaps: Toward a Resource-Based Theory of Advantageous Mergers and Acquisitions - Eschen, Erik and Rudi KF Bresser
Measuring the Performance of Corporate Acquisitions: An Empirical Comparison of Alternative Metrics - Schoenberg, Richard
Best Practices
Why Do They Keep Leaving? - Krug, Jeffrey A.
Creating the New Company at the Top - Fubini, David G., Colin Price, and Maurizio Zollo
Integration Managers: Special Leaders for Special Times - Ashkenas, Ronald N. and Suzanne C. Francis
The Intelligent Clean Room: Ensuring Value Capture in Mergers and Acquisitions - Chanmugam, Ravi, Walt Shill, David Mann, Kristen Ficery, and Bill Pursche
An Analysis of Advisor Choice, Fees, and Effort in Mergers and Acquisitions - Hunter, William C. and Julapa Jagtiani