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M&A Beyond Borders: Opportunities And Risks

August 21, 2023March 8, 2008 by Michael Tierney

Figure 1 Attractiveness of regions as M&A destinations

by Marsh, Mercer, Kroll
Emerging market corporations are now more confident in their pursuit of M&A. Chinese, Indian and Russian companies have been prolific in venturing outside their domestic markets to do deals, demonstrating that they are well-managed, efficient and globally competitive. Many of them have recently had initial public offerings on stock exchanges – not so much to raise capital as to demonstrate greater transparency, dispel perceptions of reputational issues and effectively pave the way for future M&A deals. […] Read more

M&A Beyond Borders: Opportunities And Risks

November 5, 2021March 8, 2008 by Bea

By Marsh, Mercer, Kroll (EIU, MMC) About the survey The Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed 670 executives in January 2008 about their attitudes to cross-border mergers and acquisitions. The survey and paper were sponsored by Marsh, Mercer and Kroll. Respondents represent a range of different regions, with approximately 30% from Asia-Pacific; one-quarter each from Europe and North America; and the remainder from the … Read more

How Can Leadership Make A Difference?

August 21, 2023January 29, 2008 by Christopher Kummer

by PricewaterhouseCoopers
Signing an M&A deal is the first step on a long journey. Deals are done to generate faster revenue growth. Maximizing the value that can be captured from mergers and acquisitions is thus becoming more important than ever. However, as our survey shows, this and other ambitious targets are too often not achieved. […] Read more

How Can Leadership Make A Difference? How Can Leadership Make A Difference?

November 6, 2021January 29, 2008 by Bea

An Integration Survey By Dr. Ralf C. Schlaepfer, Gustav Baldinger – PricewaterhouseCoopers Capturing deal value Signing an M&A deal is the first step on a long journey. Deals are done to generate faster revenue growth. Maximising the value that can be captured from mergers and acquisitions is thus becoming more important than ever. However, as our survey shows, this … Read more

Mastering M&A communication: Helping employees to deal with the deal

July 19, 2022November 3, 2007 by Michael Tierney

By Lea Peterson and Stella Voules For organizations involved in a merger or acquisition, capturing the synergies of the deal and doing so quickly are major hurdles. The transformation needed to drive such synergies almost always requires a set of complex, even painful, changes. These changes have a direct impact on employees and their work and can … Read more

Pharmaceutical Sector: M&A Insights 2006-2007

June 23, 2023August 30, 2007 by Bea

By Neal Ransome – PricewaterhouseCoopers M&A activity proliferates 2006 and the first half of 2007 saw a significant increase in M&A activity in the global pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, continuing the upward trend exhibited in recent years. Altogether in 2006 there were 2,111 deals across the pharma/medical devices/healthcare services sectors with a total deal value in excess of … Read more

A United Front: Post-Merger Or Acquisition Alignment Of IT Cost Management

November 6, 2021August 30, 2007 by Bea

By Ragnar van der Valk, Dingenis Blok – PricewaterhouseCoopers, KLM As soon as the deal has been closed the real work starts: the integration. This is a much-heard comment in the world of mergers and acquisitions. A study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows that, in 89 percent of merger and acquisition cases, the IT function is subject to post-deal integration in some form … Read more

CEE M&A Survey 2006: Maturity, Momentum And Mega-Deals

June 23, 2023August 29, 2007 by Bea

Central & Eastern Europe By PricewaterhouseCoopers Executive Summary M&A market value tripled since 2004 In line with the UK and continental Europe which last year achieved their strongest M&A performance in recent history, transaction activity in CEE was also extremely buoyant. In total 2,527 publicly-disclosed private transactions were completed last year in the 11 countries of … Read more

HR In International Mergers And Acquisitions

November 6, 2021May 21, 2007 by Bea

By Tony Edwards, Ali Budjanovcanin and Stuart Woollard – CIPD Summary of key findings This research has been conducted against a backdrop of a rising number of firms engaging in international mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Previous research for the CIPD has charted some of the HR challenges involved in these deals and the report seeks to extend our understanding … Read more

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