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Methodological Approaches to the Empirical Examination of Experience and Learning in Acquisitions

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This chapter is focused on the analysis of the empirical and the methodological approaches used over the decades to examine the constructs of experience and learning in the context of acquisitions. After highlighting the diverse research methodologies used, the chapter scrutinizes the different methodological approaches to the operationalization of experience variables and of experiential qualitative traits: experience depreciation, heterogeneity, and codification. In addition, the time window for the operationalization of experience variables is discussed and a positioning of studies on the basis of the locus of experience—that is, individual, group, organizational, interorganizational—is proposed. The chapter also provides an examination of operationalization approaches adopted in research on serial acquirers and their implications. Throughout the chapter, the different sections are enriched with tables that summarize and position the diverse studies along the multiple methodological issues covered.

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Table 7.6 Representative empirical studies on organizational experience in acquisitions
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Table 7.7 Representative empirical studies on individual and group experiences in acquisitions
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Table 7.8 Representative empirical studies on interorganizational experience in acquisitions
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Galavotti, I. (2019). Methodological Approaches to the Empirical Examination of Experience and Learning in Acquisitions. In: Experience and Learning in Corporate Acquisitions. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94980-2_7

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