Manifestations of Higher-Order Routines: The Underlying Mechanisms of Deliberate Learning in the Context of Postacquisition Integration
研究了收购后整合中经验编码如何产生惯性，阻碍惯例定制，并发现成功收购者通过高阶惯例（体现为两类具体实践）防止不适用惯例的泛化。基于85家活跃收购者的调查数据验证理论。
Building on the codification and dynamic capabilities literatures, we pursue deeper insight into the underlying mechanisms of deliberate learning in the context of postacquisition integration. We argue that experience codification gives rise to inertial forces that hamper the customization of routines to any given acquisition. We theorize, therefore, that successful acquirers develop higher-order routines—as manifested in two complementary sets of concrete organizational practices—that prevent the generalization of inapplicable (“zero-order”) codified routines. After drawing on in-depth qualitative data to help build our theoretical argument, we test it formally with unique survey data on 85 active acquirers.