@article{946f2417173e4c64ba41e417c452cf9c,
title = "Accounting for information technology in corporate acquisitions",
abstract = "Corporate acquisitions have become key elements in strategic planning for many companies. Historically, analysts of corporate acquisitions have emphasized strategic and organizational factors in evaluating candidates for friendly takeovers. Since company data and information technology (IT) are as much a management resource as are the financial and human resources for the combined firm, the authors propose that IT fit should be explicitly considered in analysis of corporate acquisitions. An assessment of IT fit will refer to the IT environments of the two joining firms, the IT contribution each firm can bring to the combined firm, and the role that IT should play both in negotiating the acquisition price and in integrating the joining firms.",
keywords = "Corporate acquisition, Information technology, Information technology fit, Strategic planning",
author = "Maylun Buck-Lew and Wardle, {Caroline E.} and Nava Pliskin",
note = "Funding Information: Correspondence to: Nava Pliskin, Computers and Information Systems, Department of Industrial Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105. Israel, Fax: 011-972-57-280776, Bitnet: npliskin@bengus. * The authors made equal contributions to the article. The order of names is random. ** Presently at the National Science Foundation, Washing-ton, DC, USA. *** Presently at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Funding Information: Maylun Buck-Lew is an Assistant Professor of Management Informa- tion Systems at the College of Busi-ness Administration, Northeastern University. Dr. Buck-Lew holds a B.A. degree from Hood College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Brown Uni-versity. Professor Buck-Lew has been previously employed as director of decision support at Fidelity Invest-ments, senior technical consultant at the Bank of America, software plan-ner at Amdahl Corporation, marketing staff director at Sequoia Systems, and senior systems consultant at the Bank of Boston. Her research interests are in the areas of computers and productivity, applications in financial services and banking, the gap between users and vendors of technology, and the development and management of svstems organizations and oroiects. Carolhe-E. Wardle is a Program Di- rector, Educational Infrastructure, for the Computer and Information Sci-ences and Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation. Dr.",
year = "1992",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/0378-7206(92)90031-A",
language = "English",
volume = "22",
pages = "363--369",
journal = "Information and Management",
issn = "0378-7206",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "6",
}