Category Archives: Merger and Acquisition
Growing a company by international acquisition
Successful businesses know when and how to adapt and change. This involves growing some areas of activity and cutting back on less profitable areas. Companies can often benefit from acquiring businesses operating in overseas markets. For example in Europe, the [...]
Filed under International Business, Merger and Acquisition
CICSO Systems - A Novel Approach to Structuring Entrepreneurial Ventures
The focus of any acquisition is a clear identification of specific technology or product needs as determined in their strategic matrix. So, Cisco knows why it is doing what it is doing; it is not doing deals just for the [...]
Filed under Business Strategy, Merger and Acquisition
Merger with due diligence
a company was looking to expand its market share globally via the acquisition of another well-branded company. A successful acquisition would propel it into the number one position in its industry. Several factors complicated the
potential acquisition.
the complete casecase study on [...]
Filed under Business Strategy, Free Cases, Merger and Acquisition
MERGER AND ACQUISITION SERVICES: Total Rewards Optimization
This Fortune 500 defense contractor’s business had grown over time through four acquisitions. Having disparate programs was preventing a holistic total rewards system. And this was impeding talent migration as well as creating inefficiencies in reward spend and administration.
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Mergers & Acquisitions: Planning and Executing for Success
Mergers and acquisitions are always challenging, but today’s deals represent an altogether different breed.
When transactions move this quickly and the time for due diligence is compressed, risks multiply exponentially—tempting management to become inwardly focused at the precise moment they should [...]
Filed under Business, Merger and Acquisition, Project Management
Alfdex Manufacturing Footprint : Future Expansion Strategy for Production 2014 - a Global Review
Alfdex, which is a joint venture owned by Alfa Laval and Haldex, provide the global truck and diesel engine market with its products and is for the moment market leader. The future demand will however exceed their current capacity within [...]
Irene Rosenfeld’s Crafty Pursuit of Cadbury
Everyone in business is selling something to someone, at least part of the time. The only difference: Some sell bigger and more publicly than the rest of us.
The Big Sell, at the moment, is a full-time job for Kraft Foods’ [...]
Filed under Articles, Business Strategy, Merger and Acquisition
Eyes Wide Open: Managing the Risks of Acquisitions in Rapidly Developing Economies
The biggest challenge in creating value from cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in rapidly developing economies (RDEs) is not extracting synergies, but understanding the full spectrum of risks before the deal is closed. Based on a survey of executives with [...]
Filed under Merger and Acquisition, White Papers
Merger & Acquisition : The Decision Making
A case study from the Institute of Management, Chennai annual B-School event. The case deals with the decision making of whether to go for the merger and acquisition and evaluating the different parameters before taking a decision...click here to read [...]
Filed under Banking, Business Strategy, Finance, Merger and Acquisition
Mergers and Acquisitions -JP Morgan Chase
Mergers and acquisitions have become the most frequently used methods of growth for companies in the twenty first century. They present a company with a potentially larger market share and open it up to a more diversified market. A merger [...]
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