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• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2275
• Published date: 01 March 2020
• Date: 01 March 2020

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Strategic Alliances

Volume 29 Number 2 March 2020

Overview Article

145 Mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliances as collaborative methods of strategic

development and change

Emanuel Gomes

This editorial article highlights the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to

mergers, acquisition and strategic alliances.

Research Articles

149 Does changing contexts affect linkages throughout the mergers and acquisition

process? A multiphasic investigation of motives, pre‐and post‐acquisition and

performance

Ioannis C. Thanos, Vassilis M. Papadakis, and Duncan Angwin

Different motives do not lead to the adoption of different processes.

165 Digitalization and the inception of concentric strategic alliances: A case study in the

retailing sector

Carlos Galera‐Zarco, Marco Opazo‐Basáez, Josip Marić, and Maria García‐Feijoo

The deployment of digitalization in well-established firms from traditional sectors

enables the creation of specific strategic alliances (concentric) with providers of

information technology.

179 A 27‐year review of mergers and acquisitions research in 27 leading management

journals

Emanuel Gomes, Sunbir Alam, Shlomo Y. Tarba, and Ferran Vendrell‐Herrero

There is an emergence of thematic areas related to the strategic factors influencing

M&As, but with the human dimension gaining increasing attention over time.

195 Frameworks for innovation, collaboration, and change: Value creation wheel, design

thinking, creative problem‐solving, and lean

Luis F. Lages, Antonin Ricard, Aurélie Hemonnet‐Goujot, and Anne‐Marie Guerin

The value creation wheel is the decision-making meta-framework recommended to

address innovation, collaboration, and change challenges in formal relationships.

215 Servitization in the automotive industry: How car manufacturers become mobility

service providers

Felix Genzlinger, Leid Zejnilovic, and Oscar F. Bustinza

Automotive industry business models are changing the competitive landscape by

developing innovative capabilities based upon collaborative methods of technology

development.

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