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Barriers and Enablers to Organizational Integration in Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions

Bjurström, Anders LU ; Rasmussen, Nadya LU and Schreil, Eva LU (2014) FEKH19 20132
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
One way to achieve economies of scale and scope, and other potential advantages of firm size, is through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Being spectacular business events, and very frequent in the eco-system of firms, it has attracted much interest from both researchers and practitioners. However, empirical reviews do not support the popularity of M&A. It seems that the potential synergies are difficult to realize. A key process and major challenge for success, especially for cross-border M&As, is organizational integration. In this work, we have studied organizational integration in cross-border M&As primarily through a qualitative re-investigation of three case studies with the intent to understand what barriers and enablers could... (More)
One way to achieve economies of scale and scope, and other potential advantages of firm size, is through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Being spectacular business events, and very frequent in the eco-system of firms, it has attracted much interest from both researchers and practitioners. However, empirical reviews do not support the popularity of M&A. It seems that the potential synergies are difficult to realize. A key process and major challenge for success, especially for cross-border M&As, is organizational integration. In this work, we have studied organizational integration in cross-border M&As primarily through a qualitative re-investigation of three case studies with the intent to understand what barriers and enablers could explain different outcomes. Through the use of an established coding scheme for variables related to synergy realization, and a database containing a number of coded case studies, we have also been able to make quantitative comparisons, which contributed to our analysis. The outcome is a proposal on how an existing model of synergy realization can be refined for cross-border M&As. It includes the addition of state involvement, legal obstacles, national culture, integration management and union power as factors influencing organizational integration. (Less)
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author
Bjurström, Anders LU ; Rasmussen, Nadya LU and Schreil, Eva LU
supervisor
organization
course
FEKH19 20132
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Strategic management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cross-border acquisitions, Economies of scale, Economies of scope
language
English
id
4294731
date added to LUP
2014-02-20 10:59:13
date last changed
2014-02-20 10:59:13
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  abstract     = {{One way to achieve economies of scale and scope, and other potential advantages of firm size, is through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Being spectacular business events, and very frequent in the eco-system of firms, it has attracted much interest from both researchers and practitioners. However, empirical reviews do not support the popularity of M&A. It seems that the potential synergies are difficult to realize. A key process and major challenge for success, especially for cross-border M&As, is organizational integration. In this work, we have studied organizational integration in cross-border M&As primarily through a qualitative re-investigation of three case studies with the intent to understand what barriers and enablers could explain different outcomes. Through the use of an established coding scheme for variables related to synergy realization, and a database containing a number of coded case studies, we have also been able to make quantitative comparisons, which contributed to our analysis. The outcome is a proposal on how an existing model of synergy realization can be refined for cross-border M&As. It includes the addition of state involvement, legal obstacles, national culture, integration management and union power as factors influencing organizational integration.}},
  author       = {{Bjurström, Anders and Rasmussen, Nadya and Schreil, Eva}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Barriers and Enablers to Organizational Integration in Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}