Title: Towards more successful mergers and acquisitions

Authors: Peter H. Kroener, Monika H. Kroener

Addresses: Vice President and Controller, Siemens Corporation, New York, USA; Monika H. Kroener Crown Management, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. ' Crown Management, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Abstract: The pace of corporate mergers and acquisitions is accelerating in the USA. But historically, such restructuring attempts have proved successful in only 50% of cases. At the same time, merger and acquisition activities are becoming increasingly complex. As a result, the need to think through and devise strategies that increase the probability of success in corporate take-overs is becoming more compelling. A crucial part of this process is the |due diligence| review – a complex fact-finding mechanism designed to structure the acquisition decision-making process.

Keywords: mergers; acquisitions; due diligence review; financial audit; legal audit; management audit; macro-environment auditing; strategic analysis.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1991.025872

International Journal of Technology Management, 1991 Vol.6 No.1/2, pp.33 - 40

Published online: 25 May 2009 *

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