Notes on the Contributors Introduction PART 1: MANAGERIAL MOTIVES AND THE ROLE OF ACQUISITIONS IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY A Strategic Approach to Implementing Mergers and Acquisitions; D.Schweiger, E.N.Csiszar & N.K.Napier Matching Acquisition Policy and Integrations Style; W.Kruger & G.Mueller-Stewens Preparing for Value Creation in a Complex Merger among Firms in Similar Business: Synergy Generation and Distribution Issues; P.Lorange Superior Performance from Implementing Merger and Acquisition Strategies: A Resource Based Analysis; J.B.Barney & T.A.Turk Euro Mergers 1993: Viewpoints and Predictions - R.Calori & M.Lubatkin The Effects of Acquisitions and Restructuring (Strategic Refocussing) Strategies on Innovation; R.E.Hoskisson, M.A.Hitt & R.D.Ireland The Anticedents and Consequences of Resistance to Takeover; R.D.Kosnik & T.A.Turk On the Efficiency of Internal and External Corporate Control Mechanisms; J.P.Walsh & J.K.Seward; PART 2: ORGANIZATIONAL AND POLITICAL PROCESSES Sources of Acquisition Cultural Risk; K.David & H.Singh Successful Mergers through Acculturation; A.Nahavandi & .R.Malekzadeh Implementing Strategy in a Newly Acquired Firm; G.von Krogh Acquisitions as Experiements; S.Vicari Post-Acquisition Management: A Process of Strategic and Orgniazational Learning; R.Deiser Determinants and Consequences of Post-Acquisition Change: A Framework and Analysis; M.Shanley The Acquisition Integration Process: A Contingent Framework; P.Haspeslagh & A.Been Farquhar Acquisition Integration: Creating the Atmosphere for Value Creation; P.C.Hasperslagh & D.B.Jemison The Creation of a Corporate Profile in Acquisitions; A.Sinatra & P.Dubini Index