Below you will find a short list of topics that I am currently interested in and the books and articles that I have enjoyed reading for each topic.

Synergy

Arora, A., and Gambardella, A., Complementarity and External Linkages: The Strategies of Large Firms in Biotechnology, Journal of Industrial Economics, 1990
Booz, Allen, Hamilton, Survey with Kellogg Graduate School of Management, 2001
Capron, L., The Long-Term Performance of Horizontal Acquisitions, Strategic Management Journal, 1999

Capron, L., and Mitchell, W., Bilateral Resource Redeployment and Capabilities Improvement Following Horizontal Acquisitions, Industrial and Corporate Change, 1998

Doz, Y and Hamel, G, Alliance Advantage, Harvard Business School Press, 1998
Gautam, Ahuja, The Duality of Collaboration: Inducements and Opportunities in the Formation of Interfirm Linkages, Strategic Management Journal, 2000
Goold, M., and Campbell, A., Desperately Seeking Synergy, Harvard Business Review, 1998
Grant, R., Toward a Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm, Strategic Management Journal, 1996

Hamel, G., Competition for Competence and Inter-Partner Learning within International Strategic Alliances, Strategic Management Journal, 1991

Harrison, J., Hitt, M., et al., Synergies and Post-Acquisition Performance: Differences versus Similarities in Resource Allocation, Journal of Management, 1991

Harrison, Roger, Diagnosing Organizational Culture, San Diego, California Pfeiffer & Co., 1994.
Haspeslagh, P., and Jemison, D., Managing Acquisitions, New York, Free Press, 1991

Kale, P., Singh, H., and Perlmutter, H., Learning and Protection of Proprietary Assets in Strategic Alliances: Building Relational Capital, Strategic Management Journal, 2000

Khanna, T., Gulati, R., and Nohria, N., The Dynamics of Learning Alliances: Competition, Cooperation, and Relative Scope, Strategic Management Journal, 1998

Kusewitt, J., An Exploratory Study of Strategic Acquisitions Factors Relating to Performance, Strategic Management Journal, 1985

Keidel, Robert W., Seeing Organizational Patterns, San Francisco, California, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1995.

Larsson, R., and Finkelstein, S., Integrating Strategic, Organizational, and Human Resource Perspectives on Mergers and Acquisitions, Organization Science, 1999

Mitchell, W., and Singh, H., Incumbents Use of Pre-Entry into Emerging Industrial Subfields, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1992

Mitchell, W., and Singh, H., Survival of Businesses Using Collaborative Relationships to Commercialize Complex Goods, Strategic Management Journal, 1996

Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2003

Ranft, A., and Lord, M., Acquiring New Knowledge: The Role of Retaining Human Capital in Acquisitions in High-Tech Firms, Journal of High Technology Management Research, 2000a

Ranft, A., and Lord, M., Acquiring New Technologies and Capabilities: A Grounded Model of Acquisition Implementation, Working Paper 2000b

Scherer & Ross, Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance, Boston, Houghton Mifflin,1990

Seth, A., Value Creation in Acquisitions: A Re-Examination of Performance Issues, Strategic Management Journal, 1990

Shan, W., An Empirical Analysis of Organizational Strategies by Entrepreneurial Firms, Strategic Management Journal, 1990

Shelton, L., Strategic Business Fits and Corporate Acquisition: Empirical Evidence, Strategic Management Journal, 1988

Sirower, M.., The Synergy Trap, New York, Free Press, 1997

Teece, D., and Pisano, G., et al., Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management, Strategic Management Journal, 1997

Vermeulen, F., and Barkema, H., Organizational Revitalization through Acquisition, Working Paper, 1998

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