INFORMATION SYSTEMS SIMILARITY: POST MERGER AND ACQUISITION

Achjari, Didi and Willy, Abdillah (2015) INFORMATION SYSTEMS SIMILARITY: POST MERGER AND ACQUISITION. Asian Journal of Information and Communications, 7 (1). pp. 6-18. ISSN 1742-0911

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Abstract

Information systems (IS) integration is an important aspect in merger and acquisition (M&A) process in organizations. Acquired and newly formed company as a result of M&A may adopt new IS, either from acquirer company or other sources. One of the consequences of M&A is closer degree of IS similarity between the acquirer and acquired companies. Prior IS adoption studies usually apply individual level of analysis, such as Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). However, these theories are argued less relevant to explain IS adoption in organizational level of analysis (Fichman and Kemerer, 1997; Orlikowski, 1993). The current paper aims to propose factors that influence IS similarities between acquirer and acquired company. The study contributes to the IS adoption literature in terms of the use of organizational level of analysis to develop a Model of Information Systems Similarity (MISS). The proposed model integrates Resource Dependence Theory (RDT), Resource-based View (RBV), and Institutional Theory

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