Search for dissertations about: "Acquisition merger"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Acquisition merger.

  2. 1. Between expectation and experience

    Author : Ranja Frommer; KTH; []
    Keywords : merger; acquisition; post-merger integration; human side of organisation; expectation; experience; case study; emergent theory;

    Abstract : The problem areas of the 'human side' of mergers andacquisitions as well as post-merger integration are focusedupon in this study. An extensive review of merger-relatedliterature points to the problematic nature of this area oforganisation. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Importance of Customers in Mergers and Acquisitions

    Author : Christina Öberg; Staffan Brege; Maria Huge Brodin; Helén Andersson; Susanne Sweet; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Merger; Acquisition; Customer; Customer Relationship; Motive; Integration; Impact; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to identify categories and patterns of how customers impact and are impacted by an M&A. In M&A (merger and acquisition) research the focus is traditionally on the M&A parties alone, and while customers are important elements of the motives behind M&As, they are rarely seen as actors affecting and being affected by an M&A. READ MORE

  5. 3. Managing Information Systems Integration in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions

    Author : Stefan Henningsson; Institutet för Ekonomisk forskning; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Merger; Acquisition; Integration; Information Systems; IS;

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  6. 4. MAKING ACQUISITIONS

    Author : Michael Grant; Fredrik Nilsson; Lars Frimanson; Riikka Sarala; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; acquisition-making; acquisition organization; capital investment; decision; decision-making; intuitive expertise; management control systems; merger and acquisition; secrecy; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis examines acquisition-making, that is, activities and events leading up to the completion or cancellation of an acquisition. Acquisition-making involves people, from various areas of expertise, who are managed by and organized in what in this thesis is called a professional acquisition organization (PAO). READ MORE

  7. 5. An Arranged Marriage under Institutional Duality – The Local Integration Process between Two Globally Merging MNCs' Subsidiaries

    Author : Roger Schweizer; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; merger and acquisition; integration process; multinational company; subsidiary; institutional theory; institutional duality; relational context; arranged marriage;

    Abstract : "The thesis studies the local integration process between two globally merging multinational companies’ (MNCs) subsidiaries - a process, which is part of a concurrently ongoing global consolidation process and that has to be implemented in the two subsidiaries’ host country environment. The main question asked is how this specific setting influences the characteristics of the local integration process - such as the approach used, management styles applied, integration mechanisms employed, the physical and procedural solutions chosen, and not least the occurring human-related integration issues - as well as the outcome of the process. READ MORE