An examination of the nature of unsuccessful M&A as illustrated by the attempted BMW AG and Rover Ltd. acquisition
Business & Finance, Management & Leadership, Management
| Author: | Sebastian Meyer | ISBN: | 9783638735902 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Verlag | Publication: | June 27, 2007 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Verlag | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sebastian Meyer |
| ISBN: | 9783638735902 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Verlag |
| Publication: | June 27, 2007 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Verlag |
| Language: | English |
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2,0, Anglia Ruskin University (Ashcroft Business School), 51 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: It is the aim of the present dissertation to identify and evaluate reasons, which led M&A fail in order to develop a strategy to design such processes more secure. The well-known liaison between BMW and Rover will be used as an example for failing M&A and will accompany this dissertation. After a brief introduction, containing definitions, a historical overview and motives and objectives of M&A this work provides an investigation of both Due Diligence and Post-Merger-Integration. Additionally, the author will clarify the way of data collection, the objectives and the design of his research in a Methodology chapter. Subsequent to the Methodology, a chapter discussing the author's findings of the Due Diligence and the Post-Merger-Integration concerning BMW and Rover will follow. The last point of the present dissertation is a chapter containing Conclusions and Recommendations in which the author provides his point of view of the BMW and Rover case and his strategy with regard to M&A in general.
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2,0, Anglia Ruskin University (Ashcroft Business School), 51 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: It is the aim of the present dissertation to identify and evaluate reasons, which led M&A fail in order to develop a strategy to design such processes more secure. The well-known liaison between BMW and Rover will be used as an example for failing M&A and will accompany this dissertation. After a brief introduction, containing definitions, a historical overview and motives and objectives of M&A this work provides an investigation of both Due Diligence and Post-Merger-Integration. Additionally, the author will clarify the way of data collection, the objectives and the design of his research in a Methodology chapter. Subsequent to the Methodology, a chapter discussing the author's findings of the Due Diligence and the Post-Merger-Integration concerning BMW and Rover will follow. The last point of the present dissertation is a chapter containing Conclusions and Recommendations in which the author provides his point of view of the BMW and Rover case and his strategy with regard to M&A in general.
