due diligence for succesful post merger integration
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To avoid failure in merger integration, a new part of due diligence is presented: merger integration due diligence.TRANSCRIPT
© Dr. Karl Popp 2014
INTRODUCTION TO MERGER INTEGRATION DUE DILIGENCE
© Dr. Karl Popp 2014
Due diligence task
Due diligence
Goal Objectives
Provide information for an informed decision to buy a company
Minimize information asymmetryMinimize riskMaximize quality of resultsMaximize likelihood of integration success
Source: K.M. Popp: M&A in the software industry: Foundations of due diligence
© Dr. Karl Popp 2014
Maximize likelihood of integration success
• Plan carefully• use internal experts for reviews
for the plan• review risks and impact of past
integration plans and results
Source: K.M. Popp: M&A in the software industry: Foundations of due diligence
© Dr. Karl Popp 2014
Merger integration due diligence task
Merger integration due diligence
Goal Objectives
Review merger integration project and plans
Maximize likelihood of integration success
Source: K.M. Popp: M&A in the software industry: Foundations of due diligence
© Dr. Karl Popp 2014
Decomposing the merger integration due diligence task
decomposition
Review the Design of the
new entity
Review Merger
integration plans
Task
Merger Integration
Due Diligence
Review Merger
integration project
Source: K.M. Popp: M&A in the software industry: Foundations of due diligence
© Dr. Karl Popp 2014
Review the Design of the new entity
• Key questions– Are enough qualified
resources planned and available?
– Are the assignments of resources to tasks sufficient?
– Are sufficient resources planned and available?
• Key activities– design of the new
entity has to be reviewed for consistency and completeness.
– behavior of the new entity is reviewed.
Source: K.M. Popp: M&A in the software industry: Foundations of due diligence
© Dr. Karl Popp 2014
Review merger integration plans
• Key activities– review the
schedules– review the steps
of the merger integration plans
• Key questions– Can the merger
integration plan be executed as defined?
– Will sufficient resources and budgets be available at the right time to execute the merger integration plan successfully?
– What happens if we run late or we have resource shortages?
Source: K.M. Popp: M&A in the software industry: Foundations of due diligence
© Dr. Karl Popp 2014
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