2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
How do Japanese firms make M&A decisions? A process view
Project/Area Number |
24530476
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Business administration
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Research Institution | Keio University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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Keywords | 買収 / 合併 / 意思決定プロセス |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been an important strategic alternative for multinational corporations. Although US and European firms actively engaged in M&As, Japanese firms were less active. However, in a rapidly globalizing environment, Japanese firms also need to consider M&As seriously. In this research, I examine the M&A activities and their decision making processes from the perspective of psychological biases and failures. I found that seemingly rational M&A decision making is not always rational. Instead, top managers are often subject to biases and overconfidence. Moreover, past M&A experience becomes liabilities and sources of biases, not lessons to reduce biases. In this regard, this research provides various important findings and implications with both academic researchers and practitioners.
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Free Research Field |
社会科学
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