Transformational Leadership as a Success Factor in a Merger

ISBN-13: 9783659163074 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 148 str.

Richard Money

Opis

Leaders are in a position to conduct mergers and acquisitions (M&As) within their industries in order to increase market share and competitive advantage. When a merger or an acquisition is undertaken, especially when it involves competitor companies, a question arises whether transformational leadership is paramount to ensuring success. Cooperation between merging groups is more likely when it involves a vertical integration (Mueller & Sirower, 2003). Examples of these types of M&As include Googles acquisition of YouTube and Hewlitt-Packards acquisition of Electronic Data Systems. Cooperation between two groups is much more challenging when the two groups were competitors prior to the merger.

O autorze

Mergers of competitor firms that achieve the original intent of the acquisition are deemed successful. Although the structure of the firms undergoing a merger is important, the prevailing leadership traits of the leaders who have participated in successful and unsuccessful mergers have not been adequately addressed.