prof.dr. T.H. (Taco) Reus

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fellow ERIM
Field: Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Affiliated since 2009

Taco Reus is professor in Global Strategy at the Department of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).



His research examines how firms are influenced by the environment in which they strategize, operate and expand, and how organizational capabilities and experience help or hurt firms in this environment. Commonly, Taco Reus studies these topics in the context of mergers and acquisitions. His current research focuses on the role of contextual factors in post-merger integration such as cultural and institutional differences in cross-border acquisitions. His other related projects look at the role of procedural qualities during post-merger integration, such as procedural justice, emotional capability, and other integration capabilities, and how firms can manage the post-merger integration process successfully.



Taco Reus' articles have been published in several high-profile academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of International Business Studies, and Management International Review. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Review for which he received Outstanding Reviewer awards in both 2009 and 2011, and Strategic Organization.



Professor Reus teaches courses on the institutional context of firms in RSM's BA and IBA programmes and on international firm strategies in the school's Global Business & Stakeholder Management Master's programme. He was nominated professor of the year in 2010, 2011 and 2012 by his BA students.



Taco Reus obtained his master's degree in psychology from the University of Amsterdam, and his Ph.D. in strategic management from Florida State University. With his dissertation entitled 'A Knowledge-Based View of International Acquisitions,' he was a finalist in the Organisation Science 2003 Dissertation Proposal Competition and the 2004 Gunnar-Hedlund Competition for best dissertation in international business. Prior to joining RSM, he worked at Florida Atlantic University.

Publications

  • Academic (16)
    • Malhotra, S., Zhu, P., & Reus, T. H. (2023). The Diagnostic Value and Anchoring Effect of References in Acquisition Premium Decisions: The Influence of Overconfident and Powerful CEOs. British Journal of Management, 34(4), 2138-2157. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12691

    • Maas, R., Heugens, P., & Reus, T. (2018). Viceroys or emperors? An institution-based perspective on merger and acquisition prevalence and shareholder value. Journal of Management Studies, 56(1), 234-269. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12335

    • Rottig, D., & Reus, T. (2018). Research of Culture and International Acquisition Performance: A Critical Evaluation and New Directions. International Studies of Management & Organization, 48(1), 3-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2018.1407082

    • Malhotra, S., Reus, T., Zhu, PC., & Roelofsen, E. (2017). The acquisitive nature of extraverted CEOs. Administrative Science Quarterly, 63(2), 370-408. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839217712240

    • Reus, T., Lamont, BT., & Ellis, KM. (2016). A darker side of knowledge transfer following international acquisitions. Strategic Management Journal, 37(5), 932-944. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2373

    • Malhotra, S., Zhu, PC., & Reus, T. (2014). Anchoring On The Acquisition Premium Decisions Of Others. Strategic Management Journal, 36(12), 1866-1876. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2314

    • Reus, T. (2011). Culture's consequences for emotional attending during cross-border acquisition implementation. Journal of World Business, 47(3), 342-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2011.05.002

    • Ellis, KM., Reus, T., Lamont, BT., & Ranft, AL. (2011). Transfer effects in large acquisitions: How size-specific experience matters. Academy of Management Journal, 54(6), 1261-1276. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2009.0122

    • Reus, T. (2009). The double-edged sword of cultural distance in international acquisitions. Journal of International Business Studies, 40(8), 1298-1316. https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2009.25

    • Reus, T., Ranft, AL., Lamont, BT., & Adams, GL. (2009). An interpretive systems view of knowledge investments. Academy of Management Review, 34(3), 382-400. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2009.40631556

    • Ellis, KM., Reus, T., & Lamont, BT. (2009). The effects of procedural and informational justice in the integration of related acquisitions. Strategic Management Journal, 30(2), 137-161. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.728

    • Reus, T., & Rottig, D. (2009). Meta-analyses of international joint venture performance determinants. Management International Review, 49(5), 607-640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-009-0009-4

    • Crook, TR., Giunipero, L., Reus, T., Handfield, R., & Williams, SK. (2008). Antecedents and outcomes of supply chain effectiveness: An exploratory investigation. Journal of Managerial Issues, 20(2), 161-179.

    • Reus, T., & Ritchie, WJ. (2004). Inter-partner, parent, and environmental factors influencing the operation of international joint ventures: 15 years of research. Management International Review, 44(4), 1-25.

    • Reus, T., & Liu, Y. (2004). Rhyme and reason: Emotional capability and the performance of knowledge-intensive work groups. Human Performance, 17(2), 245-266.

    • Hult, GTM., Ketchen Jr., DJ., & Reus, T. (2001). Organizational learning capacity and internal customer orientation within strategic sourcing units. Journal of Quality Management, 6, 173-192.

  • Professional (2)
  • Academic (2)
    • Reus, T., Ellis, KM., Lamont, BT., & Ranft, AL. (2013). Placing process factors along with contextual factors in merger and acquisition research. In Y. Weber (Ed.), Handbook for Research on Mergers & Acquisitions (pp. 76-107). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781953655

    • Reus, T. (2012). A knowledge-based view of mergers and acquisitions revisited: Absorptive capacity and combinative capability. In S. Finkelstein, & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Advances in Mergers & Acquisitions (pp. 69-88). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-361X(2012)0000011007

  • Popular (1)
    • Reus, T. (2014). Global strategy: the world is your Oyster (if you can shuck it!). Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). ERIM inaugurele reeks http://hdl.handle.net/1765/77190

  • Journal of Management (Journal)

    Editorial work (Academic)

An Institution-Based View of Ownership
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Marc van Essen
  • Time frame: 2007 - 2011
Profits or Professionalism? On designing professional service firms
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Michel Lander
  • Time frame: 2007 - 2012
The Strategy Process: A Middle Management Perspective
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Nufer Ates
  • Time frame: 2009 - 2014
Acquisitions Through a Behavioural and Real Options Lens
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Joris Kil
  • Time frame: 2009 - 2013
Building organizational (dis-)abilities: The impact of learning on the performance of mergers and acquisitions
  • Role: Daily Supervisor, Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Riccardo Valboni
  • Time frame: 2011 - 2020
Socially Situated Financial Markets:a Neo-Behavioral Perspective on Firms, Investors and Practices
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Ivana Naumovska
  • Time frame: 2010 - 2014
Business model innovation: a journey across managers’ attention and inter – organizational networks
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Maria Rita Micheli
  • Time frame: 2010 - 2015
Innovation, Status, and Networks
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Pengfei Wang
  • Time frame: 2011 - 2016
  • Role: Co-promotor, Daily Supervisor
  • Role: Promotor
Bloody business: Multinational investment in an increasingly conflict-afflicted world
  • Role: Member Supervisory Team
  • PhD Candidate: Caroline Witte
  • Time frame: 2013 - 2018
Organizations and their External Context: Impressions across time and space
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Ron Maas
  • Time frame: 2014 - 2019
Strangers in a Strange Land: Essays on Migrant Entrepreneurs and Managers
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Michael Juergen Mueller
  • Time frame: 2016 -
Brace for Impact: Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences, and the Role of Performative Micro-Processes in Organizational Efforts for Societal Change
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Sylke Jellema
  • Time frame: 2018 -
  • Role: Promotor
Make Our Planet Great Again: A Systems Perspective of Corporate Sustainability
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Amanda Williams
  • Time frame: 2013 - 2018
Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Yannick Tristan Wiessner
  • Time frame: 2018 -
Firms and the State: An Examination of Corporate Political Activity and the Business-Government Interface
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Omar El Nayal
  • Time frame: 2014 - 2019
Multinational Enterprises and Limits to International Growth: Links between Domestic and Foreign Activities in a Firm’s Portfolio
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Guus Hendriks
  • Time frame: 2013 - 2019
A motivational perspective to decision-making and behavior in organizations
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Saeedeh Ahmadi
  • Time frame: 2014 - 2019
  • Role: Promotor
Wandering in the Unknown: Developing Cognitive Competencies for Navigating Uncertainty
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Umut Yalcin
  • Time frame: 2020 -
  • Role: Promotor
Corporate Leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Firm Performance
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Shara Darr
  • Time frame: 2017 -
  • Role: Promotor
Mind the Gap: The role of psychic distance and supplier’s reputation in international buyer-supplier relationships
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Silviu Horia Tierean
  • Time frame: 2012 - 2022
Unringing the stigma bell: Investigating informational and social mechanisms behind boards of directors’ appointments
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Ilaria Orlandi
  • Time frame: 2015 - 2023
An Indigenous Perspective on Institutions for Sustainable Business in China
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Wenjie Liu
  • Time frame: 2018 - 2023
SUCCESSION IN FAMILY FIRMS IN EMERGING MARKETS
SUCCESSION IN FAMILY FIRMS IN EMERGING MARKETS
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Martin Schwarz
  • Time frame: 2022 -
Changing Corporate Boarders: Pressure by Stakeholders and Society
Changing Corporate Boarders: Pressure by Stakeholders and Society
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: James Profestas
  • Time frame: 2021 -
Parttime PhD programme
Parttime PhD programme
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Kelvin Memeh
  • Time frame: 2023 -
PhD in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Eva Zhirong Fan
  • Time frame: 2023 -
PhD in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Lonneke Cornelia Margaretha Maria Weterings
  • Time frame: 2024 -
PhD in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Dana Hanouni
  • Time frame: 2024 -
PhD in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Klementine Klein
  • Time frame: 2024 -
Past
  • Behavioral Strategy & Entrepreneurial Behavior (2022/2023)
2017
June
20
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator, Contact
2017
March
14
2016
November
21
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator, Contact
2016
November
17
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator, Contact
2015
December
09
2015
December
03
2015
November
05
2014
December
05
2014
April
08
2013
May
21
2013
February
05
2012
October
04
Conference
As: Speaker, Coordinator
2011
March
09
2009
March
17
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2009
March
17

Address

Visiting address

Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands