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).