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“It would appear that chaos rules in the World of mergers and acquisitions. But our analisis reveals that these trends are not a matter of happenstance. On the contrary, when we take a deeper look, it becomes evident that industry consolidation conforms to a set of laws.” (AT Kearney, Merger Endgames 2002)In their article “The Dubious Logic of global megamergers”, Ghemawat and Ghadar believe that many International firms follow a `herd´ behaviour and jump on the merger bandwagon, that often leads to failure. In contrast, AT Kearney argues that global mega-mergers are an inevitable part of the industry life cycle and the need to consolidate on a global level.Critically debate the arguments for and against global mega-mergers and whether you think they are beneficial or not. (1000 words) use academic and practitioner literature tu support your argument and conclude whether you think mega-mergers are beneficial or not beneficial overall. Treat the answer as a concise written debateDiscuss the measures firms should take to reduce risks of failure in both the pre-merger and post-mergerphase (1000 words) you need to consider both the concep to f duedelligence and relevant literture on change Management and merger integration.
“It would appear that chaos rules in the World of mergers and acquisitions. But our analisis reveals that these trends are not a matter of happenstance. On the contrary, when we take a deeper look, it becomes evident that industry consolidation conforms to a set of laws.” (AT Kearney, Merger Endgames 2002)In their article “The Dubious Logic of global megamergers”, Ghemawat and Ghadar believe that many International firms follow a `herd´ behaviour and jump on the merger bandwagon, that often leads to failure. In contrast, AT Kearney argues that global mega-mergers are an inevitable part of the industry life cycle and the need to consolidate on a global level.Critically debate the arguments for and against global mega-mergers and whether you think they are beneficial or not. (1000 words) use academic and practitioner literature tu support your argument and conclude whether you think mega-mergers are beneficial or not beneficial overall. Treat the answer as a concise written debateDiscuss the measures firms should take to reduce risks of failure in both the pre-merger and post-mergerphase (1000 words) you need to consider both the concep to f duedelligence and relevant literture on change Management and merger integration.
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