The Role of Human Capital in Postacquisition CEO Departure

By Ann Buchholtz, Barbara A. Ribbens, Irene T. Houle. 2003

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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: AN UPDATE AND APPRAISAL (2006, unknown): “According to Buchholtz et al. (2003), the effect of age on the human capital calculation is significant.”
Acquisition Integration and Productivity Losses in the Technical Core: Disruption of Inventors in Acquired Companies (2006, background): “He must now abide by policies and protocols that are alien and perhaps uncomfortable; in the preacquisition company, he would have had substan tial influence over such matters (Buchholtz et al. 2003). Moreover, with integration, the previous star regularly encounters his new colleagues of higher sta”
Knowledge transfer and cross-border acquisition performance: The impact of cultural distance and employee retention (2016, background): “Buchholtz et al. (2003) investigated top management turnover and reported that about 75% of top managers left the company by the end of the third year after acquisition.”
How Anticipated Employee Mobility Affects Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from a Natural Experiment (2015, background): “In addition to ex ante difficulties, acquiring firms also face challenges in retaining human talents and protecting the embedded knowledge and skills of companies post-acquisition (Buchholtz, Ribbens, and Houle, 2003; Hambrick and Cannella, 1993; Walsh, 1988).”