ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 6

Considerations for making successful mergers and acquisitions (M&A) proposals: A study

Department of Business Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Email id: Thejo11@gmail.com

Online published on 10 August, 2020.

Abstract

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) holds a major role in corporate restructuring and growth of companies in the post-globalisation era. ‘Most Mergers Fail’ despite all efforts to make it successful. This study intends to study what all factors should be considered by Organisations while drafting the M&A proposal. Initially, it is studied why majority of the mergers fail as it may help policy makers to take of CSFs while drafting M&A proposals. Seven CSFs were suggested for consideration while drafting M&A proposals. The study ends with recommendations based on the study for successful M&A proposals.

Keywords

Mergers And Acquisitions (M&A), Critical Success Factors (CSF), Acquisition Purchase Premiums (APP), Merger Wave, Value Gap (VG)