Introduction

Frank Vielba and Carol Vielba

Chapter 1 in Reducing the M&A Risks, 2006, pp 3-17 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This book is about reducing the risks involved in M&As through the role played by IT in the merger process. Its aim is to increase awareness of the key role that IT could play in successful M&As and the opportunities that IT can create. IT can be both a cost and a source of synergy and value creation and can appear on either side of the M&A balance sheet. IT is easily forgotten as those involved in M&As battle to get the financial side right. Yet it may be at the very heart of the pounds, euros or dollars that a transaction will cost and generate. Virtually every organisation uses IT in some form or other and for many IT is critical to the business model: reducing the risks associated with IT, therefore, can make a significant contribution to reducing the overall risks surrounding M&As.

Keywords: Business Process; Private Equity; Parent Company; International Customer; Merger Process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230514362_1

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