2nd Edition
Managing Mergers Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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Mergers, acquisitions, and alliances continue to be almost an everyday feature of the contemporary business scene, yet at least half prove to be unsuccessful. The authors show the contribution that psychology can make to our understanding of the merger phenomena - how it affects organizational performance, and how it affects the managers and employees involved. Mergers, Acquisitions and... Read more
Introduction: mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances, a people issue; Overview - Trends, patterns and motives; Merger and acquisition performance, a disappointing history; The impact of merger and acquisition on the individual; Culture and performance - Differences in corporate culture, awareness and recognition; The implications of culture type for inter-organizational combinations; Cross-border M & As and international alliances; Stages of merger and acquisition - The pre-combination or courtship stage; The legal announcement of the marriage; The honeymoon period, making the marriage work; Establishing marital allegiance, monitoring the success of the marriage; Appendices - The Fast Car acquisitions; The acquisition of Fill-it Packaging; The Age-Nouvelle merger; The Gable-Apex merger; Index.
Biography
Sue Cartwright, Cary L. Cooppson
'This is a complex subject which this clearly written, well constructed guide tackles cogently and thoroughly.' - Personnel Today, January 1996
'The eleven chapters, each enhanced with a bibliography providing an
invaluable guide to further reading, are excellent.'
