The Impact Of Strategic Management On Mergers And Acquisitions In A Developing Economy

📄 Project Abstract

This research work examined the impact of strategic management as a tool of achieving an effective and efficient merger and acquisition. The companies are established by their owners as an investment centre to generate return on their investment through their growth strategies. i.e. a combination of two companies into one larger company, which aims at minimizing cost, and at the same time maximizing profit and wealth of the shareholders of the company. Regrettably, not only have most of these companies failed to achieve these laudable objectives, but also some of them had disappeared from business of economic environment after their merges and acquisitions. Several reasons have been adduced for the abysmal performance of some of these companies. Prominent among these had been the inability by those at the helm of affairs i.e. management to recognize the impact/role of strategic management and apply same to the operations of their companies. To carry out this research, both primary and ...