This research is conducted to provide a holistic research framework that incorporates key\nsocio-cultural factors affecting knowledge transfer in cross-border M&A. This research will\nprovide empirical suggestion to domestic companies to improve the current management\nof cultural differences that may be the main reason for the high failure rates of knowledge\ntransfer in international M&A. A total of 10 domestic companies in Malaysia which had\ninvolved in cross-border M&A in the past 5 years participated in this study. The M&A cases\nwere collected from the Thomson One Banker database. At the same time, this research has\nalso cross-verified the selected cases with the Securities Commission and Bursa Malaysia.\nDuring company visits, questionnaires were distributed to managers who had been\nidentified through a purposive sampling method based on a list provided by the\nparticipating organizations. A total of 200 managers were selected to participate in the\nsurvey. Findings of this research indicate that organizational cultural difference has\nsignificant negative influence while relationship and trust has significant positive influence\non knowledge transfer in cross-border M&A.
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