Melanie Hassett
Asiantuntijuusalueet
international business, mergers and acquisitions, organisational behaviour
international business, mergers and acquisitions, organisational behaviour
Biografia
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.
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.
Tutkimus
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).
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).
Opetus
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.
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.
Julkaisut 
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- Miltä nyt tuntuu? - Tunteet ja niiden johtaminen kansainvälisissä yrityskaupoissa (2014)
- Työn tuuli
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä) - Challenges regarding contextualization in IB studies – The dynamic nature of research context (2013)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Dealing with unpredictability and change in longitudinal studies of organisations – a priori versus progressive focusing approach (2013) Handbook of Longitudinal Research Methods in Organisation and Business Studies Eva A. Alfoldi, Melanie E. Hassett
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - Does context matter in M&A? National business systems in cross-border acquisitions (2013) 40th Annual Conference, AIB UKI 2013, Aston University, Birmingham, 22-23.3.2013 Melanie Hassett, Niina Nummela, Deepak Shrivastava, Rudolf Sinkovics
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Handbook of Longitudinal Research Methods in Organisation and Business Studies (2013) Melanie E. Hassett, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki
(C2 Toimitustyö tieteelliselle kokoomateokselle) - Longitudinal research in organizations: an introduction
(2013) Handbook of Longitudinal Research Methods in Organisation and Business Studies Melanie E. Hassett, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - Opening the black box of acquisition capabilities. (2013) 12th Vaasa IB conference, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland, 21-23.8.2013 Niina Nummela, Melanie Hassett
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Sociocultural integration in mergers and acquisitions – Unresolved paradoxes and directions for future research (2013)
- Thunderbird International Business Review
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - Strategic Networks for Value Creation: Evidence from M&A in the European stainless steel industry (2013) 39th European international Business Academy Degbey William Y., Hassett Melanie E.
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa) - Analysing culture in cross-border acquisition: An Indian-European deal in focus (2012) Internationalization of Emerging Economies and Firms Niina Nummela, Melanie Hassett
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)
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