Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: Mergers and acquisitions have been taking place since decades and will continue. There are a lot of facts about benefits, about the risks or new methods to be profitable in a merger or an acquisition. A lot of literature shows us that more than about 60% of the mergers and acquisitions are a failure. Besides, the high failure rates this paper illustrates deal motivations for mergers and acquisitions. This paper was written by an...