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100 1 _aHALEBLIAN, Jerayr
_94526
245 1 0 _aThe influence of organization acquisition experience on acquisition performance :
_ba behavioral learnig perspective
260 _aIthaca :
_bJohnson Graduate School of Management,
_cMarch 1999
520 3 _aDrawing on work form behavioral learning theory in psychology this study examines the influence of prior organizational acqusition experience on the peformance of acquistions. This theory, which examines both the conditions preceding organization events and organizational responces, predicts that experience effects may range from positive to negative. Consistent with this theory, data from 449 acquistion show an overall U-shaped relationship between organization acquisition experience and acquisition performance. In addition, the more similar a firm`s acquisition targets are to its prior targets, the better they perform. These findings suggest that relatively inexperienced acquirers, after making their first acquisition , inappropriately generali acquisition experience to subsequent dissimilar acquisitions, while more experienced acquirers approapriately discrimante between their acquitions. behavioral learning theory, then, may enhance understanding of organization epxerience effects
700 1 _aFINKELSTEIN, Sydney
_919531
773 0 8 _tAdministrative Science Quarterly
_g44, 1, p. 29-56
_dIthaca : Johnson Graduate School of Management, March 1999
_xISSN 00018392
_w
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_bCassio
_cCassio
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_cCarolina
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
_bPHL2MARC21 1.1
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