This study investigates mergers and acquisitions in emerging economies by combining a questionnaire survey with eleven case studies in Poland, Hungary and Lithuania. It incorporates the post-entry dynamics with respect to changes in control and resource contributions, and thus develops a dynamic perspective of international acquisitions, and a refined acquisition typology. On this basis, implications are derived for managers and policy makers, as well as for scholarly research on mergers and acquisition in emerging economies.
PART ONE: FDI IN EUROPEAN EMERGING ECONOMIES
Introduction: Acquisition Strategies in European Emerging Markets; K.Meyer & S.Estrin
Institutional Context and FDI Trends in European Emerging Economies; C.Jensen
The Changing Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment: Survey Insights; K.Meyer, D.Ionasçu, P.Kulawczuk, A. Szczesniak, Z.Antal-Mokos, K.Tóth & V.Darskuviene
PART TWO: ACQUISITIONS: BUSINESS STRATEGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Acquisition as an Entry and Growth Strategy; K.Meyer
Synergy Management in Acquisitions; K.Tóth
M&A in Mobile Telephony: Industry Dynamics; J.Anderson & Z.Antal-Mokos
Institutional and Regulatory Barriers to Foreign M&A in Central Europe; M.Bak; P.Kulawczuk & A.Szczesniak
Acquisitions, Institutions, and Policy;S.Estrin & K.Meyer
PART THREE: CASE STUDIES
The Evolution of the Hungarian Mobile Communications Market and T-Mobile Hungary; Z.Antal-Mokos & A.Bauer
The Purchase of a Monopoly: France Telecom Acquires TPSA; P.Kulawczuk
Building Strategic Alliances to Maintain Independence: Bank Millennium and Banco Comercial Português ; A.Szczesniak
Building Profit from Losses: K&H and ABN AMRO; K.Tóth
Creating a Nordic Bank: SEB-Vilniaus Bankas; K.Simkute
The Emergence of the Central European MNE: MOL; Z.Antal-Mokos & K.Tóth
Growth through Multiple Acquisitions: Carlsberg Breweries in Poland; M.Bak
Purchase the National Brand No.1 to Rescue Entry Strategy? The Acquisition of Wedel by Cadbury-Schweppes; P.Kulawczuk
Early Entry and Aggressive Growth: Kraft Foods Lietuva; V.Darskuviene
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