Title: The effects of culture clash on international mergers in the high tech industry

Authors: Yaakov Weber; Shlomo Yedidia Tarba; Ziva Rozen Bachar

Addresses: School of Business Administration, College of Management, 7 Rabin Boulevard, Rishon Lezion, 75190, Israel. ' School of Business Administration, The Center of Law and Business, 26 Ben-Gurion Str., Ramat-Gan, 51108, Israel. ' Department of Political Sciences, The Western Galilee College, Acre, 24121, Israel; Department of Public Policy and Management, School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel

Abstract: The present paper presents a case study of a merger between Israeli and British high-tech companies and illustrates the effect that the choice of post-merger integration approach has on the success or failure of a cross-border merger and acquisition. The study extends existing knowledge of cross-cultural management in international high-tech mergers by analysing the effects of cultural differences on the effectiveness of the symbiosis integration approach.

Keywords: national culture; corporate culture differences; post-merger integration; organisational culture; international mergers; high tech industry; high technology; mergers and acquisitions.

DOI: 10.1504/WREMSD.2012.044490

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2012 Vol.8 No.1, pp.103 - 118

Published online: 18 Sep 2014 *

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