Mergers, Aquisitions, Hostile Takeover, etc - Slides l2

Symbiosis

Haspeslagh. P. C. and Jemison

D. B. (1991). Managing

acquisitions: creating value

through corporate renew. New

York: Macmillan.Need for strategicinterdependence HighLow

High

Need for

organizational

autonomy

LowPreservation Symbiosis Holding Absorption

Symbiotic acquisitions involve high needs for strategic interdependence. Two organizations first coexist and then gradually become increasingly

interdependent. This coexistence and mutual dependency are slowly achieved despite the tension arising from conflicting needs for strategic capability

transfer and the maintenance of each organization’s autonomy and culture. To succeed in truly amalgamating the organizations symbiotically, each firm