Re-organising the logistics resources of companies after mergers and acquisitions
(2003) 8th International Symposium on Logistics p.525-532- Abstract
- This paper discusses the relation between logistics and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) of companies within the same industry and same industry level (i.e. horizontal M&A). The purpose is to study the effects of M&A on the logistics resources of companies and the possibility for companies to benefit from the re-organising of these resources in the form of synergies. The study hopes to add to existing knowledge by examining the logistics aspects of M&A situations, which has remained a fairly unexplored field in M&A research. The paper reports on the results of a multiple case study covering eight horizontal M&A deals performed by Finnish companies during 1997-2002 in manufacturing industries. The study provides... (More)
- This paper discusses the relation between logistics and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) of companies within the same industry and same industry level (i.e. horizontal M&A). The purpose is to study the effects of M&A on the logistics resources of companies and the possibility for companies to benefit from the re-organising of these resources in the form of synergies. The study hopes to add to existing knowledge by examining the logistics aspects of M&A situations, which has remained a fairly unexplored field in M&A research. The paper reports on the results of a multiple case study covering eight horizontal M&A deals performed by Finnish companies during 1997-2002 in manufacturing industries. The study provides empirical evidence on the importance of logistics aspects as direct or indirect M&A objectives, and as a potential source for value creation in M&A. The gathered empirical data is fairly narrow, however the reported results provide a good basis for continuing the construction of tentative theory in this research area. (Less)
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- author
- Norrman, Andreas LU ; Häkkinen, Lotta and Ojala, Lauri
- organization
- publishing date
- 2003
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Logistics and networked organisations : proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Logistics, Sevilla, Spain, 6 - 8th July 2003
- editor
- Pawar, Kulwant S. and Muffatto, M.
- pages
- 704 pages
- conference name
- 8th International Symposium on Logistics
- conference dates
- 2003-07-06 - 2003-07-08
- ISBN
- 0-85358-121-5
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- in M. Muffatto and K.S. Pawar (eds.) Logistics and Networked Organisations: Proceedings
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- f854f0eb-46f0-466c-988c-fe5bb9020ece (old id 701645)
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