1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455394603321

Titolo

Advances in mergers and acquisitions . Volume 8 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Cary L. Cooper, Sydney Finkelstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2009

ISBN

1-282-58052-3

9786612580529

1-84855-781-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Advances in mergers and acquisitions ; ; 8

Altri autori (Persone)

CooperCary L

FinkelsteinSydney

Disciplina

658.162

Soggetti

Consolidation and merger of corporations

Corporate reorganizations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Advances in mergers and acquisitions; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1. International mergers and acquisitions performance revisited - the role of cultural distance and post-acquisition integration approach; Inconsistent effects on M&A performance; Post-acquisition integration approaches - a revisited framework; Cultural dimensions, post-acquisition integration approaches and M&A performance; Conclusion; References

Chapter 2. Organizational identification and cultural differences: Explaining employee attitudes and behavioral intentions during postmerger integrationIntroduction; Organizational culture and organizational identity; Organizational culture and identification in an M&A context; Data and methods; Findings; Discussion and conclusions; Notes; References; Appendix. Multi-item survey constructs; Chapter 3. The value of stories in understanding the past and shaping the future in merged organizations; Introduction; The role of culture; Assessing cultural differences and similarities

Increasing employee involvementThe enterprise autobiography; The application and process - the BSI case; References; Chapter 4.



Transitional governance: A critical review of implicit process assumptions; Introduction; Transitional governance: A state of the art; Transitional governance processes; Transitional governance: a future research agenda; Conclusions; Note; References; Chapter 5. Computationally modeling the effect of organizational complexity on post-merger integration; Introduction; Computational modeling; Organizational complexity

The effect of organizational complexity on post-merger integrationFuture directions; Final comments; Acknowledgments; Note; References; Chapter 6. Measuring performance in technology-driven M&AS: Insights from a literature review; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Findings; 4. Discussion; References; Chapter 7. Acquisitions in the Chinese real estate industry and the two-stage privatization process; Introduction; SOEs in China's real estate industry; Conceptual background; Empirical context: China's real estate industry; Methodology; Analysis; Concluding remarks; Note; References

Chapter 8. Subsidiary brands as a resource and the redistribution of decision-making authority following acquisitionsIntroduction; Literature review; Front cover; Methodology; Heineken's overall (de)centralization policy; Three case studies; Discussion and conclusion; References

Sommario/riassunto

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. Doing so not only broadens the questions being studied, but also helps



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299772503321

Titolo

Mathematizing Space : The Objects of Geometry from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age / / edited by Vincenzo De Risi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-12102-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Trends in the History of Science, , 2297-296X

Disciplina

516.009

Soggetti

Mathematics

History

Geometry

Science - History

History of Mathematical Sciences

History of Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Vincenzo De Risi: Introduction -- Henry Mendell: What’s location got to do with it? Place, Space, and the Infinite in Classical Greek Mathematics -- Jeremy Gray: A note on lines and planes in Euclid’s geometry -- Alexander Jones: Theon of Smyrna and Ptolemy on Celestial Modelling in Two and Three Dimensions -- David Rabouin: Proclus’ Conception of Geometric Space and its Actuality -- Franco Farinelli: Subject, Space, Object: The Birth of Modernity -- Gary Hatfield: On Natural Geometry and Seeing Distance Directly in Descartes -- Douglas Jesseph: Hobbes’s Theory of Space -- Andrew Janiak: Mathematics and Infinity in Descartes and Newton -- Daniel Garber: Leibniz’s Transcendental Aesthetic -- Graciela De Pierris: Hume’s Skepticism and Inductivism concerning Space and Geometry -- Michael Friedman: Kant on Geometry and Experience.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together papers of the conference on 'Space, Geometry and the Imagination from Antiquity to the Modern Age' held in Berlin, Germany, 27-29 August 2012. Focusing on the



interconnections between the history of geometry and the philosophy of space in the pre-Modern and Early Modern Age, the essays in this volume are particularly directed toward elucidating the complex epistemological revolution that transformed the classical geometry of figures into the modern geometry of space. Contributors: Graciela De Pierris Franco Farinelli Michael Friedman Daniel Garber Jeremy Gray Gary Hatfield Andrew Janiak Douglas Jesseph Alexander Jones Henry Mendell David Rabouin.