Miten yrityskauppatutkimuksen tuloksia voi hyödyntää kuntaliitostutkimuksessa?
Abstrakti
Administrative sciences are fragmented into a
number of subfields; the most important dividing
line separating public administration and
business administration. We argue, however,, .
that it is useful to cross these borders in theory
building and empirical analysis. Therefore, we
focus in this paper on the comparison of
municipal amalgamations and corporate
mergers. More specifically, we examine how .
findings in research on corporate mergers could
enlighten the scarce analysis of municipal
amalgamations. The analysis of corporate ·
mergers shows that the motives range from ·
rational reasoning to empire building, that the
decision-making is plagued by uncertainty,
group-thinking and politics, and finally, that the
post-merger integration processes are often
characterized by cultural confrontation, identitybuilding challenges, and resistance. We explain
how - with due caution - similar phenomena
can also be detected and analyzed in the context
of municipal amalgamations and develop specific
propositions for future research in this area.
