Merging Across Borders People, Cultures and Politics

by Soderberg, Anne-Marie; Vaara, Eero

• ISBN13: 9788763001151
• ISBN10: 8763001152
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: CBS Press

Summary

"'Merging across Borders' offers insight into social, cultural, communicative and political dynamics in complex organizational change processes following mergers and acquisitions; dynamics which have often been neglected in previous research. The book is written by a Nordic research team, and it is based on their extensive field study of a series of cross-border mergers and acquisitions leading to the creation of Nordea, the largest Nordic financial services group today."

Table of Contents

Preface
List of contributors
Introduction	p. 11
Theoretical and methodological considerations	p. 19
The Nordea case and the Nordic setting	p. 49
Nation talk - the construction of national stereotypes in a merging multinational	p. 61
The 'balance of power' principle - nationality, politics and the distribution of organizational positions	p. 87
Best practice is west practice? : a sensemaking perspective on knowledge transfer	p. 111
From words to action? : socio-cultural integration initiatives in a cross-border merger	p. 139
Quo vadis, HR? : an analysis of the roles played by the HR function during the post-merger process	p. 177
Trapped in the past or making use of experience? : on learning in post-merger integration	p. 203
An uneasy coupling - reflections on women and management in a merging organization	p. 229
Travellers in the long hours culture - increased pressure on individuals in the Nordic organization	p. 253
The interview guide
HR organizational chart
Key milestones in Nordea's history
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