Can we predict M&A activity? / Philippe Very ... [et al.] -- Does expanding through alliances vs. mergers and acquisitions matter? : the example of the global retail industry / Valerie Moatti, Pierre Dussauge -- Slow but certain : the pre-M&A process of European national champion deals / Mariëlle Booij, Padma Rao Sahib -- A knowledge-based view of mergers and acquisitions revisited : absorptive capacity and combinative capability / Taco H. Reus -- The impact of organizational culture differences on bidder and target companies' share values following merger announcement : evidence from a stock market perspective / Brosh M. Teucher -- Reducing cognitive bias in assessing combination potential in M&As / Roberto Evaristo, Srilata Zaheer -- Reputation spillover effects and post-acquisition performance : a customer perspective / Cher-Min Fong, Chun-Ling Lee -- Customer and competitor responses to mergers and acquisitions : an empirical investigation in the logistics industry / Junichi Kato, Richard Schoenberg -- Integrating relative standing and market discipline : a complexity theory perspective of post-merger and acquisition executive departure / Akie Iriyama ... [et al.] -- A decision-making framework to analyze important dimensions of M&A performance / Thomas Straub, Stefano Borzillo, Gilbert Probst.

What makes the Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions series stand out is its focus on all three characteristics that make up this research field - studies from scholars in different countries, with different research questions, relying on different theoretical perspectives. Such a broad, and inclusive, approach to mergers and acquisitions is not easily replicated in academic journals, with much narrower mandates and metrics. The collections published each year provide cutting edge ideas by leading scholars on a global scale, broadening the questions being studied and helping researchers consider the inter-relationships among different perspectives. The best way to build understanding around a topic as diffuse as mergers and acquisitions is to be both integrative, and expansive, in choice of research questions and theoretical underpinnings. Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions offers this unique perspective, not easily found elsewhere.