This study presents and analyses opinions of 5 seasoned professional M&A advisers on merger failures. It integrates the perspectives of business strategy, economics, finance, organisation theory, and HR management on performance and success factors of mergers and acquisitions. The author modelled the factors of M&A failures and interplay between them into an integrative framework based on thematic analysis of participants' narratives. To ensure research validity, the author triangulated findings with existing literature. In conclusion, the author identified three major themes across data -- potential for dis-synergies stemming from misalignment of merging businesses, knowledge and planning efforts as a determinant of strategic rationale and post-merger integration, and psychological factors influencing key decision-makers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:194122 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Ratislav, Jakub |
| Contributors | Tyll, Ladislav, Žádník, Josef |
| Publisher | Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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