Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases, 6th Edition by Pearson

CHAPTER 12

Mergers and Acquisitions

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

1. 12.1 Describe different types of mergers and acquisitions.
2. 12.2 Describe how mergers and acquisitions can create economic value:
   1. a. When bidding and target firms share no economies of scope
   2. b. When bidding and target firms share economies of scope
   3. c. Why firms might engage in these strategies even when, on average, they do not create profits for bidding firms.
3. 12.3 Describe three ways that bidding firms might be able to generate economic profits from implementing mergers or acquisitions.
4. 12.4 Describe the major challenges that firms integrating acquisitions are likely to face.

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