The influence of managerial attitudes on corporate finance has become a topic of great interest. For example, Malmendier and Tate (2008) show that overconfident managers are more likely to conduct acquisitions. This research explores the impact of national business cultures on cross-border acquisitions. Business cultures can influence the ways managers cope with uncertainty and their subsequent...

Recent studies explore how firms’ experience with corporate acquisitions can influence acquisition outcomes and firm performance. Although discussion has focused on the idea that acquisition experience may improve performance by improving firms’ capability to implement acquisitions, little research has systematically tested the idea that acquisition implementation capabilities might mediate any...