Applying Business Capabilities in a Corporate Buyer M&A Process - Paperback

by Andreas Freitag (Author)

As a first step towards applying Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Andreas Freitag investigates the end-to-end applicability of business capabilities in the M&A process of a corporate buyer organization. Enterprises still struggle to manage M&A efficiently. A significant number of merger projects do not reach the expected goals or fail completely. Therefore, companies attempt to improve their M&A capability by establishing the required skills, organization, processes and methods. EAM is an approach for business and IT planning, promising to contribute to the success of business transformation challenges such as M&A. Business capability models are an essential element of a state of the art EAM approach. They are frequently used as a starting point to work collaboratively with business and IT stakeholders.

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As a first step towards applying Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Andreas Freitag investigates the end-to-end applicability of business capabilities in the M&A process of a corporate buyer organization. Enterprises still struggle to manage M&A efficiently. A significant number of merger projects do not reach the expected goals or fail completely. Therefore, companies attempt to improve their M&A capability by establishing the required skills, organization, processes and methods. EAM is an approach for business and IT planning, promising to contribute to the success of business transformation challenges such as M&A. Business capability models are an essential element of a state of the art EAM approach. They are frequently used as a starting point to work collaboratively with business and IT stakeholders.

Contents

• Overview on state-of-the-art of EA Management in the context of M&A
• A theoretical foundation for business capabilities
• Understanding the corporate buyer scenario and the corporate buyer M&A process
• Application of business capabilities in the M&A process

Target Groups

• Researchers and students in the field of business transformation, information systems, and informatics
• Practitioners in the field of Business/IT Management, Enterprise Architecture, M&A, and Post-Merger Integration

About the Author

Andreas Freitag completed his doctoral thesis at the Department of Informatics, Technische Universität München, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Florian Matthes.

Author Biography

Andreas Freitag completed his doctoral thesis at the Department of Informatics, Technische Universität München, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Florian Matthes.