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Impact of information technology infrastructure flexibility on mergers and acquisitions
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Although mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are a common strategy to reduce costs and pursue growth, the variance in returns from M&A is very high. This research examines how information technology (IT) infrastructure flexibility affects M&A. We use a combination of secondary as well as matched-pair survey data from 100 midsize firms in Spain to investigate this relationship. The empirical analysis suggests that IT infrastructure flexibility affects M&A through two key pathways: (1) a flexible IT infrastructure facilitates the development of business flexibility that provides the responsiveness to seize M&A opportunities and make acquisitions, and (2) a flexible IT infrastructure facilitates the development of post-M&A IT integration capability that provides the control to integrate the IT and business resources of the acquired firm and realize the economic benefits from M&A.
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Benitez, J., Ray, G., & Henseler, J. (2018). Impact of information technology infrastructure flexibility on mergers and acquisitions. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, 42(1), 25-43. DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2018/13245 ---%ABS4%
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Business flexibility Business value of IT Dynamic capability Endogeneity IT infrastructure flexibility M&A activities Post-M&A IT integration capability Post-M&A performance Management Information Systems Information Systems Computer Science Applications Information Systems and Management