This study incorporates the external environmental context into the study of corporate acquisitions by examining the performance implications of corporate acquisitions during an environmental jolt that alters the levels of environmental munificence. This study posits that compared to the periods before and after an environmental jolt, corporate acquisitions during a jolt would be positively related to firm performance.
Furthermore, the study suggests that organizational slack would improve firm performance and accentuate the positive relationship between corporate acquisitions and firm performance during an environmental jolt; however, it would have negative impact on firm performance and make the acquisition-performance relationship more negative before and after a jolt. Using the Asian Economic Crisis as a natural experiment, The study founds general support for core arguments based on a sample of firms from Hong Kong and Singapore. This study demonstrates that firms can capitalize on the opportunities created by the changes in an environmental jolt.
Furthermore, the study suggests that organizational slack would improve firm performance and accentuate the positive relationship between corporate acquisitions and firm performance during an environmental jolt; however, it would have negative impact on firm performance and make the acquisition-performance relationship more negative before and after a jolt. Using the Asian Economic Crisis as a natural experiment, The study founds general support for core arguments based on a sample of firms from Hong Kong and Singapore. This study demonstrates that firms can capitalize on the opportunities created by the changes in an environmental jolt.
Ref.
Wan,W.P. & Yiu,D.W., 2009. From Crisis to Opportunity: Environmental Jolt, Corporate Acquisitions, and Firm Performance, Strategic Management Journal 30(7), 791-801.
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