Change Management in Mergers and Acquisitions

More and more firms are looking at Mergers and Acquisitions as a relatively fast and efficient way to expand into new markets and incorporate new technologies. From a strategic point of view, Mergers and Acquisitions are thought to strengthen and sustain their position in the market place. Still thi...

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Main Author: Paul, Karnica
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2008
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24321/
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description More and more firms are looking at Mergers and Acquisitions as a relatively fast and efficient way to expand into new markets and incorporate new technologies. From a strategic point of view, Mergers and Acquisitions are thought to strengthen and sustain their position in the market place. Still this strategy’s success is by no means assured. On the contrary, a majority of these Mergers & Acquisitions fall short of their confirmed goals and objectives. Some failures can be explained by financial and market factors, but many can be traced to neglected culture and human resource issues. There have been many studies done to highlight the importance of addressing the “soft” issues i.e. the people in merger and acquisition activities.
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spelling nottingham-243212018-03-22T07:37:29Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24321/ Change Management in Mergers and Acquisitions Paul, Karnica More and more firms are looking at Mergers and Acquisitions as a relatively fast and efficient way to expand into new markets and incorporate new technologies. From a strategic point of view, Mergers and Acquisitions are thought to strengthen and sustain their position in the market place. Still this strategy’s success is by no means assured. On the contrary, a majority of these Mergers & Acquisitions fall short of their confirmed goals and objectives. Some failures can be explained by financial and market factors, but many can be traced to neglected culture and human resource issues. There have been many studies done to highlight the importance of addressing the “soft” issues i.e. the people in merger and acquisition activities. 2008 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24321/1/karnicapaul.pdf Paul, Karnica (2008) Change Management in Mergers and Acquisitions. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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title Change Management in Mergers and Acquisitions
title_full Change Management in Mergers and Acquisitions
title_fullStr Change Management in Mergers and Acquisitions
title_full_unstemmed Change Management in Mergers and Acquisitions
title_short Change Management in Mergers and Acquisitions
title_sort change management in mergers and acquisitions
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24321/