Impact of Corporate Culture Similarity on M&A Performance

Student: Baiburin Kamil

Educational Programme: Strategic Corporate Finance (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

There are many studies such as Datt (1991), Weber and Camerer (2003) that link culture of one company to M&A performance, though the impact of similarity of corporate culture of two organizations on M&As performance are not thoroughly researched. Since corporate social responsibility is tied to core beliefs, norms and values within the organization, and possibly is a considerable part of its corporate culture, it can possibly significantly affect effectiveness of mergers and acquisitions (their performance). Hence, we aim to fullfill this gap in literature by researching influence of corporate culture similarity between acquirer and target firms on M&A performance.

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