Essays about: "Post-acquisition process"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 29 essays containing the words Post-acquisition process.

  1. 6. Observing the utilization of middle management during an ongoing acquisition.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gustaf Appelgren; Johan Nordahl; [2021-06-27]
    Keywords : Middle management; Sensemaking; Ongoing; Ambiguous; Acquisition; Management Functionalities;

    Abstract : This article focuses on the ambiguity of an ongoing acquisition and examines the utilization of middle management functionalities during the process. Utilizing a case study where the empirical findings regarding middle management roles proved that the focus should be expanded from the managers themselves towards the functionalities middle management instead incorporates. READ MORE

  2. 7. Under Pressure - Tensions in the acquiring firms' corporate brand identity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna-Maria Ostermann; Emma Impeciati; [2020]
    Keywords : Corporate Brand Identity; Merger and Acquisition; Integration; B2B Branding; Tensions; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Thesis Purpose: The purpose is to explore post-acquisition tensions in a B2B firm's corporate brand identity to better understand why tensions emerge, what effect those tensions have, and lastly, how these tensions may be dealt with, if at all. Methodology: A qualitative multiple case study based on four companies with a constructionist and inductive approach has been executed in this thesis. READ MORE

  3. 8. An Exploratory Study on the Post-Acquisition Process of Technological Acquisition – a case study of HMS

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Centrum för innovations-, entreprenörskaps- och lärandeforskning (CIEL)

    Author : Mutaz AL Darabseh; Nazia Rumana Nasar; [2020]
    Keywords : post-acquisition; knowledge absorption; value creation; synergy; integration; technological distance;

    Abstract : Although M&A’s have the greatest probability of failure in organizations, the major reasons for this outcome is the integration process. M&As have been a popular strategy for accessing new markets, introducing new products, expanding their knowledge base, and enhancing competitive advantage. READ MORE

  4. 9. The art to transact an acquisition and merger - A qualitative study of a merger and acquisition transaction unfolding and aspects influencing the process

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Yosef Duman; [2019-07-03]
    Keywords : MERGER ACQUISITIONS; CULTURE; POST PRE-MERGER ANALYSIS; PROCESSES; COMMUNICATION;

    Abstract : Studies are presenting that approximately less than a third of mergers and acquisition are set to satisfy managers, resulting in high levels of unsound activities that are strategically inadequate and costly for the organizations, making the concept merger and acquisition as a strategy of growth and synergy to critically being evaluated. What aspect could possibly result in such un-sound outcome? This paper studies and examines an acquisition and merger transaction of a privately owned and managed firm since traditionally, there is multiple challenges with an sale of a privately owned and managed firm whereas some complications being information asymmetry between the seller and buyer, valuation difficulties and future uncertainties of how acquired firm should be operated and managed. READ MORE

  5. 10. The employee's journey to a new organisational culture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anne Verrips; Lisette Schoonewelle; [2019]
    Keywords : Acculturation; acquisition; organisational culture; organisational identity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Title: The employee’s journey to a new organisational culture: How employees experience the acculturation process post-acquisition Authors: Anne Verrips and Lisette Marlous Schoonewelle Supervisor: Tony Huzzard School of Economics and Management/ Lund University, Sweden Date: May 24, 2019 Aim: This thesis aims to develop a deeper understanding of how employees acculturate post-acquisition, its impact on their organisational identity. Methodology: This research encompasses a qualitative case study which was developed by following an interpretative, abductive approach that allowed us to work simultaneously with theory and our empirical material. READ MORE