Post-Acquisition Management in China

Yi He

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9781843345756
• eBook ISBN:
  9781780632230
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are a vital strategy for companies attempting to expand and diversify in China. It has been widely accepted that post-acquisition management is critical for acquisition success. Post-Acquisition Management in China provides a systematic examination of post-acquisition management and its impact on performance after takeover in the acquired Chinese companies. It looks at the various aspects of post-acquisition management including the nature and processes of post-acquisition changes, integration and control, and the association between the performance and post-acquisition management. - Reports on a pioneering systematic study on post-acquisition management in China. This kind of data has never been published before - Based on extensive research data including 20 in-depth case studies and a survey of 300 companies - Replicates previous studies of post-acquisition management conducted in the UK and Brazil and offers valuable comparison findings

Table of contents

• Cover
• Post-acquisition Management in China
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of abbreviations
• About the author
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Theoretical perspectives of acquisition management
• 3 Post-acquisition management and performance
• 4 Research methods
• 5 Rationales of acquisitions in China
• 6 The nature of post-acquisition changes
• 7 Post-acquisition change process and performance
• 8 Post-acquisition management and performance: a closer look
• 9 Survey findings
• 10 Conclusion
• 11 Recommendations for management and government policy
• References
• Index