M&A Integration A Framework for Executives and Managers

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-03-07
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary

Global M & A activity continues at a blistering pace. However, a recent study of Fortune 500 executives found that postmerger integration issuesshy;shy;such as culture clashes, style, ego, and change managementshy;shy;are the most common pitfalls that can derail otherwise successful mergers or acquisitions.M & A Integrationmeets that trend head-on, providing a practical framework for integrating acquisitions while helping managers direct each step in the volatile postmerger integration process.

Author Biography

David M. Schweiger, Ph.D., is the Buck Mickels/Fluor Daniel Professor at the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, adjunct professor at EM Lyon in France, and president of the strategic management consulting firm Schweiger and Associates. He has assisted executives of numerous companies in successfully managing the M&A integration process. The coauthor of Strategic Management Skills, Dr. Schweiger is the international strategic management editor of Journal of World Business. His work has been widely published in professional journals including Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Human Resource Planning, and Organizational Dynamics.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
The Promising World of Mergers and Acquisitions
1(18)
Strategic and Financial Objectives: The Drivers of Integration
19(26)
Laying the Groundwork: Managing the Transaction Stage
45(26)
Assessing Key Target People
71(32)
Preparing Stakeholder Communications and Value Preservation
103(34)
Preparing for Integration: Managing the Transition Stage
137(34)
Managing Staffing, Retention, and Redundancy
171(22)
Taking Action: Managing the Integration Stage
193(36)
Evaluating the Acquisition Integration Process
229(20)
Personal Strategies for Prospering during the Integration Process
249(18)
Endnotes 267(10)
Index 277

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