A Model for successful Integration in Inter-organizational Collaboration (Case Study: M&A in Iran)

Merger and acquisition as one of the most widely strategies used for growth &development, in which companies seek for potentials and opportunities of other organizations’ capabilities. Studies conducted at the domestic and international research projects show that majority of mergers and acquisitions fail later. This article adopting a process view of operations and using mixed method, analyzes the roots of the success or failure of its samples (among the firms in a same value chain). According to literature review, the key word in this view is integration. Proposed model in this article explains the main elements of integration intent, integration possibility, integration ability and dynamics between them for successful operation integration and achieving organizational goals. This study according to survey method tries to analyze the correlation and regression between identified variables which effect on the success of collaboration.