【OG24-481题】According to the passage, the research mentioned in highlight suggests which of the following about lower-ranked top executives and postacquisition success?_mofa留学圈mofaGRE在线题库系统_GRE在线搜题_GRE题库解析_GRE真题机经_GRE课程_GRE培训机构

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In an effort to explain why business acquisitions often fail, scholars have begun to focus on the role of top executives of acquired companies. Acquired companies that retain their top executives tend to have more successful outcomes than those that do not. Furthermore, existing research suggests that retaining the highestlevel top executives, such as the CEO(chief executive officer) and COO (chief operating officer), is related more positively to postacquisitionsuccess than retaining lower-ranked top executives. However, this explanation, while insightful, suffers from two limitations.First, the focus on positional rank does not recognize the variation in length of service that may exist in top executive posts across companies, (15) nor does it address which particular top executives (with respect to length of service) should be retained to achieve a successful acquisition outcome. Second, the relationship between retained top executives and acquisition outcomes offered by existing research ( is subject to opposing theoretical explanations related to length of service. The resource based view (RBV) suggests that keeping acquired company top executives with longer organizational tenure would lead to more successful outcomes, as those executives have idiosyncratic and nontransferable knowledge of the acquired company that would be valuable for the effective implementation of the acquisition. The opposing position, offered by the upper echelons perspective (UEP), suggests that retaining top executives having short organizational tenure would lead to more successful outcomes, as they would have the adaptability to manage most effectively during the uncertainty of the acquisition process.

Responding to these limitations, Bergh conducted a study of executive retention and acquisition outcome that focused on the organizational tenure of retained company top executives in 104 acquisitions, followed over 5 years. Bergh considered the acquisition successful if the acquired company was retained and unsuccessful if it was divested. Bergh's findings support the RBV position. Apparently, the benefits of long organizational tenure lead to more successful outcomes than the benefits of short organizational tenure. While longer tenured top executives may have trouble adapting to change, it appears that their perspectives and knowledge bases offer unique value after the acquisition. Although from the UEP position it seems sensible to retain less tenured executives and allow more tenured ones to leave, such a strategy appears to lower the probability of acquisition success.

According to the passage, the research mentioned in highlight suggests which of the following about lower-ranked top executives and postacquisition success?

Given that these executives are unlikely to contribute to postacquisition success, little effort should be spent trying to retain them. The shorter their length of service, the less likely it is that these executives wilt play a significant role in postacquisition success. These executives are less important to postacquisition success than are more highly ranked top executives. If they have long tenures, these executives may prove to be as important to postacquisition success as are more highly ranked top executives. Postacquisition success is unlikely if these executives are retained.

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学者们为解释企业收购常失败的原因，开始关注被收购公司高管的作用，现有研究表明保留高层高管（如CEO、COO）比保留低级别高管对收购后成功更有利，但该解释有两个局限：一是只关注职位排名，没考虑服务时长差异和该保留哪些特定高管；二是与服务时长相关的理论解释有对立观点（RBV认为保留服务时间长的高管更好，UEP认为保留服务时间短的高管更好）。为回应这些局限，Bergh进行了一项研究。 文章类型与逻辑简图
文章类型：问题解释局限新研究。逻辑简图： 1. Explain business acquisitions often fail：Scholars focus on top executives of acquired companies. Acquired companies retaining top executives have more success, and retaining highest level top executives is more positively related. 2. Limitations： Focus on positional rank ignores service length variation and which top executives to retain. Opposing theoretical explanations related to length of service (RBV vs UEP). 3. Bergh's study：Study on executive retention and acquisition outcome focusing on organizational tenure of retained company top executives. 做题方法与问题类型
问题类型：细节题。做题方法：通过题干中“lower ranked top executives and postacquisition success”定位到文中关于现有研究局限性以及不同理论对高管与收购后成功关系的描述处寻找答案。 选项分析
A选项：文中未提及“little effort should be spent trying to retain them”，属于无中生有，排除。 B选项：文章没有将服务时长的长短和高管在收购后成功中作用大小建立这样的直接联系，排除。 C选项：根据文中提到的不同理论，低级别高管如果任职时间长，可能和更高级别高管一样对收购后成功重要，该项符合文意，当选。 D选项：文章未将低级别高管与高级别高管进行重要性比较时突出此内容，排除。 E选项：与文意相悖，文中有理论表明保留低级别高管在某些情况下对收购成功有作用，排除。

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