Chatterjee, S. (1986). Types Of Synergy and Economic Value: The Impact Of Acquisitions On Merging and Rival Firms. Strategic Management Journal. 7: 119.…
There are several reasons mergers are appealing to companies. Mergers can diversify company’s interests similar to an individual’s stock portfolio thus reducing its overall risk. Mergers also can serve as a source of growth for a company, instead of a company reinvesting its returns into growing its own company at a rate in which the company can’t handle it can acquire one that has steady growth like itself and grow them both at a reasonable rate. It is also beneficial to companies that merger because they create added value through synergies, economies of scale, and better management.…
The integration of the two organizations can be challenging as well as costly. Decisions must be made on who will manage the organization, employee rationalization, vendor rationalization, facilities, and so on. Similar to an acquisition the combined financials of the new organizations must be secure enough to ensure payment of current obligations. Projected cost savings may not be realized thereby impacting the financials of the organization. An intangible threat to completing a merger is the melding of two corporate cultures who may have had very different ways of conducting business even though they were in the same…
One of the most common arguments for mergers and acquisitions is the belief that "synergies" exist, allowing the two companies to work more efficiently together than either would separately. Such synergies may result from the firms' combined ability to exploit economies of scale, eliminate duplicated functions, share managerial expertise, and raise larger amounts of capital. These distinguishing features had made Nicholas Anaptyxi,CEO of Paragon to battle it out with his colleagues to acquire MonitoRobotics.The case study portrays Nicholas as a visionary and a hard-driving builder who belonged to the same thought of train as his father. They both believed that to get better they had to grow bigger. He had worked in WRT,Cleavland where he climbed up the ranks due to the mere fact that he had the ability to spot new market opportunities and helped bringing in the profits and revenues. His urge to expand WRT was always suppressed as the people at its headquarters didn’t favor the decision. So he didn’t have second thoughts when he was offered a position to manage Paragon at Ohio.Paragon,was a thriving machine tool company that was built around a line of high end machines of aerospace engines. However the market for their product was essentially stagnant and foreign competition had started to take its toll. Paragon had began to face brutal cyclical economic swings. Nicholas had launched a number of initiatives to surpass the obstacles. But these initiatives were short term investments for long term goals. The profit margins had slipped and his colleagues became skeptical.Inspite of the year on year drop in earnings, Nicholas wanted to acquire MonitoRobotics to give Paragon a powerful presence in the fast growing business. Paragons service division accounted for less than 10% of the revenue. So to outrace Bellows&Samson,Pragon had to acquire Monito Robotics which was a breakthrough opportunity.William Liitlefield,CFO,being the pessimist he is, argued…
The success of a merger or acquisition can be defined as the creation of synergy. But every merger and acquisition is a unique event, occurring in a unique environment that is subject to various influences. Analyzing a merger should begin by understanding the culture and core values of the business that is being acquired. Ashkenas, DeMonaco, and Francis (1998) observed that “. . . it is increasingly important that executives learn…
From 1996 to 2006, the information technology budget and agenda dollars were cut by over one million dollars (Bartholomew, 2007). Because of this major cut back, General Motors was forced to outsource many technology responsibilities companies in other countries. For the majority of the transition period, General Motors used EDS as a single outsource vendor. While this business relationship proved to be effective for General Motors and was able to stay within the smaller allowed budget, the business deal still proved to be costing more money than the organization would have liked. Because General Motors is a global competitor and a leader within its industry, the organization realized that outsourcing to several different companies might be the wiser and more cost effective choice. Information technology companies began bidding for a contract with General Motors. With several companies offering competitive contracts, General Motors was able to cut the information technology budget even further and turn a larger profit. In fact, because of lowered information technology costs, General Motors was able to upgrade to new software, a new computer system, along with systems development and deployment (Bartholomew, 2007). While cutting information technology costs were not the only transition made by General Motors, the changes made were able to increase profit for the company and operate on a global level at a significantly lower cost.…
Companies from different industries decide to use an acquisition strategy for several reasons; however, acquisition strategies are not without problems. When acquisitions contribute to poor performance, a company may deem it necessary to restructure its operations.…
The pace with which companies are forced to operate and to compete globally has taxed existing systems and increased their inefficiencies. Mergers and Acquisitions have introduced new ERP implementations, forced incorporation of legacy systems, merged processes, combined products, and consolidated customers. Technology has moved forward but so has the creativity of the humans forcing the data requirements into fields and applications to meet their business needs to keep existing customers satisfied or to capture new sales. Gartner research firm indicates that the average Fortune 100 organization has more than eight data stores, 15 information platforms, 10 critical systems, and…
Mergers and acquisition have played an important role in the external growth of a number of leading companies all over the world. Undoubtedly, the combination of businesses offers an alternative to internal expansion through the acquisition or development of business property on a piece meal basis. Mergers and Acquisitions is a general term that encompasses all forms of combination of previously separate business entities. It commonly occurs when a corporation and one or more incorporated or unincorporated business are brought together into one accounting entity. The single entity carries on the activities of the previously separate, independent enterprises. This emphasis the single entity and the independence of the combining companies prior to their integration. Although one or more of the combining companies is bound to lose their separate legal identities…
Growing interdependence between ability to use information technology and ability to implement corporate strategies and achieve corporate goals…
This study is on Mergers and acquisition as a means of improved business performance and customer satisfaction. The Case study of this research is Access Bank Plc. Chapter one of this study is preliminary. It provides a contextual of the study and reviews the statement of the problem. The chapter provides the specific objectives of the study. It raises the major research question that provides the basis for formulating the hypotheses that are tested later in the study. The significance of the study is also presented in the chapter defining the scope of the research objectives.…
• There is a Growing interdependence between ability to use information technology and its ability to implement corporate strategies and achieve corporate goals • Business firms invest heavily in information systems to achieve six strategic business objectives:…
1) Acquisition can create synergy which makes the combination of corporations more profitable and effective than individual one. Synergies include both search and non-search related advertising platform. The sharing of research and development resources would help lowering capital spending. New chemistry between talents from two companies would unleash new levels of innovation that neither one has this on their own.…
We have seen an incredible explosion in the IT industry all over the world, culminating in a boom of failures and winners. Dwellers all across the industry value chain like Cyworld and SK Communications are a great example to consider. With the immense competition and the industry still very much at its infancy, firms have yet to secure dominant positions. Before acquisitions ever took place, SK Communications has been ineffective in M&As - which in return made them lose a large quantity of money; on the other hand, Cyworld (as a small company) was not known to the general public. SK Communications was engaged, engrossed, and expanding its share of the portal industry where as Cyworld was desperate for M&As because of the lack of finance. In relation, both companies sought the idea of venturing both companies together in order to build a more profitable company.…
Dykman, C. A., Davis, C. K., & Lamb, A. (2012). A CASE STUDY OF MERGERS IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLGY INDUSTRY. Allied Academies International Conference: Proceedings Of The International Academy For Case Studies (IACS), 19(1), 5-8.…