Strategic Choices
10: Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances
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Three strategy methods
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The acquisition process
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Acquisition integration matrix
Source: P. Haspeslagh and D. Jemison, Managing Acquisitions, Free Press, 1991.
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Strategic alliance motives
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Alliance evolution (2)
Source: Adapted from E. Murray and J. Mahon, ‘Strategic alliances: gateway to the New Europe’, Long Range Planning, vol. 26 (1993), p. 109.
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Comparing acquisitions, alliances and organic development (1)
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Key success factors
Key elements in managing M&A and alliances: • Strategic fit
• Organisational fit
• Correct valuation
• Integration
• Co-evolution
• Appropriate exit strategies
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Strategic Choices
8: International Strategy
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Links: Source: Exhibit 1, R. Lawson, W. Stratton and T. Hatch (2005), ‘Achieving strategy with Scorecarding’, Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, March–April, 62–8: p. 64.