Melanie
Hassett
International Business
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Areas of expertise
international business
mergers and acquisitions
organisational behaviour
Biography
Melanie Hassett defended her doctoral thesis on “Key persons’ organizational commitment in cross-border acquisitions” in 2009, which received the Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award 2011 – Highly Commended. Melanie’s research interest lies in cross-border M&As, more specifically post-M&A integration with the focus on cultural and HR integration. She is also interested in research methodology, mixed methods and longitudinal research methods in particular, and she co-authored a book on longitudinal research methods “Handbook of Longitudinal Research Methods in Organisational and Business Studies” together with Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki. She has been working in acquisition related research projects since 2004. Currently she works as a post-doc researcher in research project titled ”Value creation in international growth – focus on acquisitions and joint ventures”, which is funded by the Academy of Finland and "Emotions in M&A - managing emotions in global, virtual world" funded by TEKES (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation). Acquisitions are also part of her core courses; she teaches a master’s level course called KVS4 International mergers and acquisition and she gives lectures about acquisitions also to post-graduates and mba students.
Teaching
Melanie has vast experience in teaching both under-graduates and post-graduates. Currently, due to her commitments as a project coordinator for two externally funded research projects she teaches one master’s level course called KVS4 International mergers and acquisition and she gives lectures about acquisitions also to post-graduates.
Research
Currently Melanie works as a post-doc researcher in research project titled ”Value creation in international growth – focus on acquisitions and joint ventures”, which is funded by the Academy of Finland and "Emotions in M&A - managing emotions in global, virtual world" funded by TEKES (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation).
Publications
A Paradigmatic Approach to Time in International Business Research (Presenation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB) 2023) (2023)
Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
(Muu (O2))
Cultural Dynamics in Acquisitions (2022)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))The role of sustainability agency in mergers and acquisitions (2021)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Finding positivity in a merger of equals (2020)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))Cultures in Flux: A Longitudinal Perspective on Postacquisition Socio-Cultural Integration (2019)
Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Socio-cultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions - The Nordic Approach (2018)
(Toimitustyö tieteelliselle lehdelle, kokoomateokselle tai konferenssijulkaisulle (C2))Conclusions: How to achieve socio-cultural integration (2018)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))The emotions of top managers and key persons in cross-border M&As: Evidence from a longitudinal case study (2018)
International Business Review
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Dialogue as a source of positive emotions during cross-border post-acquisition socio-cultural integration (2018)
Cross Cultural and Strategic Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))