Mergers, Aquisitions, Hostile Takeover, etc - Slides l2

Absorption

Haspeslagh. P. C. and Jemison D. B.

(1991). Managing acquisitions: creating

value through corporate renew. New

York: MacmillanNeed for strategicinterdependence LowHighHigh

Need for

organizational

autonomy

LowPreservation Symbiosis Holding Absorption

In absorption acquisitions the objective is ultimately to dissolve

the boundary between both units. The acquiring company

needs the courage of its own convictions to ensure that its

vision for the acquisition is carried out (Haspeslaghand Jemison1991).