Why merger talks collapse: an exploratory study about contributing factors to ‘wedding cold feet' and deal making failure in mergers and acquisitions from the perspective of active deal making professionals in Brazil

Sales, Augusto Cesar Silva

Dissertation

Fecha

2014-10-10

Registro en:

SALES, Augusto. Why merger talks collapse: an exploratory study about contributing factors to ‘wedding cold feet' and deal making failure in mergers and acquisitions from the perspective of active deal making professionals in Brazil. Dissertação (Mestrado em Gestão Empresarial) - FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, 2014.

http://hdl.handle.net/10438/13306

https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5035258

Autor

Sales, Augusto Cesar Silva

Institución

Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brasil)

Resumen

Why merger talks collapse: an exploratory study about contributing factors behind ‘wedding cold feet' and deal making failure in Mergers and Acquisitions from the perspective of active deal making professionals in Brazil. One basic question encouraged this study: after all the effort, expectations and money usually invested in dealmaking, why are so many transactions simply abandoned, even when the benefits are clear for the business, shareholders, customers and employees?