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I hope to get your detailed comments with case study examples. There can be different motives for different M&A activities. M&A ia a broad terminology, and every case has different strategy. Daimler Benz acquired Chrysler because the Merger strategy was that it would eliminate the excess...

Many companies go for M&A just on the basis of valuation and the synergy gains. The financial calculations, leverage decisions and other theory X thinkings decide the M&A. However, most of the unsuccessful mergers are due to cultural misfit, absence of cultural due diligence before merger ; and...

M&A Analysis The April 2004 HBS paper ( Should we brace ourselves for another era of M&A value destruction?) states , “ In the end, M&A is a flawed process, invented by brokers, lawyers and CEOs with super-sized egos!” MarkSirower , author of the famous book Synergy Trap , shows that, on the...

Final year student at Management Development Institute, Gurgaon and doing my Executive MBA program.