ARTICLE IN PRESS international business review International Business Review 17 (2008) 28–38 www.elsevier.com/locate/ibusrev The contribution of intercultural management to the success of international mergers and acquisitions: An analysis of the EADS group Christoph Barmeyera‚1‚ Ulrike Mayrhoferb‚Ã a ´es ` ´ Ecole de Management de Strasbourg‚ CESAG (Centre d’Etude des Sciences Applique a la Gestion)‚ Universite Robert Schuman‚ ˆt-Noire‚ 67085 Strasbourg‚ France 61 avenue de la Fore b ´
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CASE STUDY: Merger of Zipcar and Avis Budget Group On January 2‚ 2013‚ Zipcar announced that it would be acquired by the Avis Budget Group. This merger may let staff members of both companies to feel uncertain and uncomfortable‚ especially of Zipcar and they feared that company was swallowed. Motivational problems related with finance were of major importance to employees of both companies and here too. The senior management and executive members of Zipcar company sought to gather and discuss
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Alexander The Great? A leader‚ a god‚ powerful‚ strong‚ cunning‚ and great; Alexander of Macedonia was all the above‚ but is he influential to the current day‚ evolving culture? Alexander was at his peak in conquest over 2000 years ago‚ so does he really still hold an impact to life and culture today? Controversy has followed these questions and many ideas have surfaced defending the belief that culturally Alexander was not that great. Alexander was deemed great because he conquered territories
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Factors for going public through an IPO Strengths When an organization is private they have decisions to make. Going public through an initial public offering‚ or IPO is one decision they can choose. When going through an IPO there is going to be increased capital. A public offering will allow a company to raise capital to use for various corporate purposes such as working capital‚ acquisitions‚ research and development‚ marketing‚ and expanding plant and equipment (FindLaw‚ 2013). Other advantages
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. Evaluate the internal and external environment and analyze major obstacles to making this merger successful. To answer satisfactorily this question‚ students must prepare‚ at a minimum‚ the weaknesses (internal) and threats (external) parts of a SWOT analysis. Students‚ based on their educational and professional background‚ may create many obstacles‚ but the major strategic issues are outlined below: Internal Obstacles a) Culture--Started in 1983‚ America
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analyze DaimlerChrysler’sbrands in the world auto markets as of end 2006’ Economist put it rightly when it spoke about the merger of Daimler Benz and Chrysler‚ ‘Without Daimler‚ Chrysler would be in liquidation; and without Chrysler‚ Mercedes would be confined to a limited future of narrowing horizons‚ as rivals encroached on the luxury market.’ However‚ the highly spoken merger did not work as they expected.Their structures and mechanisms were quite different. German approach was following a hierarchical
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CHAPTER 1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research problem • To analyze the effect of going global through merger and acquisition on investors and traders long term and short term earnings respectively • Impact on companies’ financials after acquisition or after being acquired • To find out enterprise value of the company by comparing it with the peer group and analyzing the value of the firm • To analyze the difference between prospected and actual returns in terms of % daily cumulative
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investment opportunities. Hence former third world countries as for example the BRICs or the Next Eleven are on the rise to become or already represent influencing world economies. In order to accomplish that the economic markets and especially the merger and acquisitions markets work efficiently‚ the structure of them is supposed to be well organised and safeguarded in order to attract more investors and allow a further growth. Very interesting regarding this theme is the economic development of
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issues such as employee compensation may be put on the back burner as countless financial and legal priorities take the center stage. Research suggests that HR needs to get involved in the earlier stages of mergers and acquisitions to ensure its success. There are four stages in the life of a merger and acquisition deals- pre-deal‚ due diligence‚ integration and implementation. Currently most HR professionals tend to have a big role in the later stages in which Wells frowns upon. According to Wells‚
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is the value to MCI shareholders? 3. Merger arbitrage (or risk arbitrage) finds speculate on the completion of stock and cash mergers‚ typically buying the target and hedging the risk of the acquirer’s shares according to the exchange ratio in stock mergers. What positions would risk arbs take in this deal? How would their positions change if the Board appeared to favour the Qwest offer? 4. Consider the WorldCom-MCI merger and the Qwest-US West merger? Trying to avoid hindsight bias‚ should
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