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  • 1.  CFP - Sub-Track M&As - EMRBI 3rd Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business

    Posted 03-25-2010 13:20
    Apologies for cross-postings.


    CALL FOR PAPERS

    3rd Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business

    Track: Mergers and Acquisitions - 'Behind the scenes - Turning M&As into successful deals'

    November 04-05, 2010 / Nicosia, Cyprus

    Conference venue: Hilton Park Nicosia


    Articles submitted to this track may cover, but are by no means limited to one or more of the following issues:

    - Leading through change: The case for M&As;
    - Pre-acquisition decision-making;
    - Managing/Planning integration in M&As;
    - Cultural vs. structural integration in M&As;
    - Behavior of acquiring and acquired organizations/individuals;
    - H&R strategies to manage employees in times of M&As;
    - Social dynamics in M&As;
    - Socio-psychological dynamics in M&As;
    - M&A mediators: The role of external consultants;
    - Knowledge/capability transfer/migration/sharing through M&As;
    - Organizational learning through M&As;
    - M&As-Dynamic capabilities;
    - Synergy identification/realization in M&As;
    - Measuring Performance in M&As;

    Submission deadline: May 7, 2010

    Please submit your paper or abstract to EMRBI@unic.ac.cy (see also the official call for papers attached to this message)


    M&A PhD SEMINAR

    There will also be an M&A PhD seminar, which precedes the conference and aims at:

    - Providing an overview of state-of-the-art approaches to studying domestic and international mergers and acquisitions

    - Discussing various theoretical and methodological challenges

    - Presenting and discussing various future trends, issues and perspectives on the M&A phenomena, such as strategic, economic/finance, human behavior, organizational and international cultural and others as well as the relationships between these research streams.

    For more information about the seminar, please visit: http://emrbi.com/main.asp?cat=site&sel_nav1=177 and/or contact Prof. Yaakov Weber at yweber@bezeqint.net

    Best regards,

    Daniel Dauber
    Athina Vasilaki
    Nima Amiryany
    Gregor Bouville