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Re-organising the logistics resources of companies after mergers and acquisitions

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Author

Editor

  • Kulwant S. Pawar
  • M. Muffatto

Summary, in English

This paper discusses the relation between logistics and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) of companies within the same industry and same industry level (i.e. horizontal M&A). The purpose is to study the effects of M&A on the logistics resources of companies and the possibility for companies to benefit from the re-organising of these resources in the form of synergies. The study hopes to add to existing knowledge by examining the logistics aspects of M&A situations, which has remained a fairly unexplored field in M&A research. The paper reports on the results of a multiple case study covering eight horizontal M&A deals performed by Finnish companies during 1997-2002 in manufacturing industries. The study provides empirical evidence on the importance of logistics aspects as direct or indirect M&A objectives, and as a potential source for value creation in M&A. The gathered empirical data is fairly narrow, however the reported results provide a good basis for continuing the construction of tentative theory in this research area.

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

525-532

Publication/Series

Logistics and networked organisations : proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Logistics, Sevilla, Spain, 6 - 8th July 2003

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Transport Systems and Logistics

Conference name

8th International Symposium on Logistics

Conference date

2003-07-06 - 2003-07-08

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 0-85358-121-5