文档介绍：IT Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions –
Outline to An Empirical Study
Wirtsch.-Inf. Gerald KROMER , Wolffried STUCKY
Institut für Angewandte Informatik und Formale Beschreibungsverfahren (AIFB),
University of Karlsruhe (TH), D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Abstract actions do not produce the desired benefits. The fail-
ure rate monly estimated between 40 and 80
Mergers and acquisitions are increasing in number
percent [LaJ97; pp. 13-21]. The reasons for failure are
and value. But while post-M&A integration is be-
numerous.
coming to be regarded as one key driver for trans-
action ess, the integration of IT resources has not
featured prominently neither in the public nor in the
2,500
academic debate. Requiring the consolidation of
infrastructures, applications anizations, IT 2,105
integration today is not well understood and enjoys 2,000
limited methodological support. The institute AIFB 1,671
has therefore launched a study into current practices 1,500
and key ess factors of IT integration in M&A. 1,146
Based on the analysis of a small sample of trans- 980
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actions, a number of hypotheses have been developed US $ bil.
590
and stand to be empirically tested. Preliminary results 473 465
will be presented at the International Conference on 500 379 375
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