Reframing Mergers and Acquisitions around Stakeholder Relationships

Economic, Political and Social Processes

James Guthrie author John Dumay author Simon Segal author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:7th Jul '22

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Among the significant repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic is escalating public questioning of the desirability and sustainability of the market economy and the societal role of business. These concerns are linked to merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, with significant disruptive consequences for stakeholder relationships and their management. This book explores these changes, moving away from the traditional focus on the financial and strategic aspects of M&A and its rational, technocratic approach.

Viewing M&A activity as economic, political, and social (EPS) processes, Segal provides a dialectic understanding of stakeholder relationships around M&A activity and challenges the view that M&A activity is static, linear, and predictable. He develops a conceptual framework to enable practitioners, researchers and policymakers to identify, understand and address the stakeholder and management implications of M&A activity. This is applied to four case studies that make explicit how complex stakeholder relationships play out around M&A and how these power dynamics were managed with different balances.

Useful for academics, researchers, managers, advisors, investors, analysts, and other stakeholders, this book highlights the need to understand the EPS implications and processes involved around M&A.

"This book is a well-focused and welcomed addition to the stakeholder literature. It has much theoretical rigor combined with practical applicatioins."

R. Edward Freeman,University Professor and Olsson Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia

"This is a ‘must-have’ book for anyone looking to do a deal or analyse why those deals get done well or poorly. Taking a comprehensive look at the many different stakeholders in a deal, the authors present a fresh view on how these interact with each other and thus show why it’s wrong to take too focused a view of a deal with attention on one or only two drivers to the deal. It’s a book that I suggest should be thumb-worn from frequent reference for deal practitioners and academics alike."

Prof. Scott Moeller,former MD in M&A / Private Equite at Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley

ISBN: 9781032207803

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 367g

138 pages