Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introductory comments / Carlos Ghosn and Jean-Pierre Garnier -- 1. Sociocultural integration in mergers and acquisitions / Gunter K. Stahl, Mark E. Mendenhall, Amy L. Pablo and Mansour Javidan -- 2. Integration : the critical link in M&A value creation / David M. Schweiger and Robert L. Lippert -- Executive commentary / Tae-Gyun Shin -- 3. Organizational learning in cross-border mergers and acquisitions / Danna N. Greenberg, Henry W. Lane and Keith Bahde -- Executive commentary / Jean Luc Scalabre -- 4. Trust in mergers and acquisitions / Gunter K. Stahl and Sim B. Sitkin -- Executive commentary / Hans-Peter Engeli -- 5. The role of corporate cultural diversity in integrating mergers and acquisitions / Georg Schreyogg -- Executive commentary / Albert Young -- 6. The construction of social identities in mergers and acquisitions / Stein Kleppesto -- Executive commentary / Bjorn Z. Ekelund and Aina Aske -- 7. A learning perspective on sociocultural integration in cross-national mergers / Ingmar Bjorkman, Janne Tienari and Eero Vaara -- Executive commentary / Bernd Ratzke and Tom Kelly -- 8. Synergy realization in mergers and acquisitions : a co-competence and motivational approach / Rikard Larsson -- Executive commentary / Shlomo Ben-Hur and L. Todd Thomas -- 9. The neglected importance of leadership in mergers and acquisitions / Sim B. Sitkin and Amy L. Pablo -- Executive commentary / Wilfried Meyer -- 10. Psychological communication interventions in mergers and acquisitions / Angelo S. DeNisi and Shung Jae Shin -- Executive commentary / Mark Jones -- 11. Developing a framework for cultural due diligence in mergers and acquisitions : issues and ideas / Susan Cartwright and Simon McCarthy -- Executive commentary / Max Otte -- 12. Managing human resources to capture capabilities : case studies in high-technology acquisitions /Saikat Chaudhuri -- 13. The CNH global case : building social capabilities to win in global acquisitions, joint ventures, and alliances / Piero Morosini -- 14. Integration processes in cross-border mergers : lessons learned from Dutch-German mergers / Rene Olie -- 15. DaimlerChrysler : a case study of a cross-border merger / Torsten Kuhlmann and Peter J. Dowling -- 16. The importance of the agreement formation process in partnering with the unfamiliar : the case of Renault and Nissan / Harry Korine, Kazuhiro Asakawa and Pierre-Yves Gomez -- 17. Creating a new identity and high-performance culture at Novartis : the role of leadership and human resource management / Chei Hwee Chua, Hans-Peter Engeli and Gunter K. Stahl -- 18. Research on sociocultural integration in mergers and acquisitions : points of agreement, paradoxes, and avenues for future research / Gunter K. Stahl, Mark E. Mendenhall and Yaakov Weber -- 19. People and cultural aspects of mergers and acquisitions : what are the lessons ... and the challenges? / Paul Evans and Vladimir Pucik.