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Introduction

In: Reducing the M&A Risks

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  • Frank Vielba
  • Carol Vielba

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This book is about reducing the risks involved in M&As through the role played by IT in the merger process. Its aim is to increase awareness of the key role that IT could play in successful M&As and the opportunities that IT can create. IT can be both a cost and a source of synergy and value creation and can appear on either side of the M&A balance sheet. IT is easily forgotten as those involved in M&As battle to get the financial side right. Yet it may be at the very heart of the pounds, euros or dollars that a transaction will cost and generate. Virtually every organisation uses IT in some form or other and for many IT is critical to the business model: reducing the risks associated with IT, therefore, can make a significant contribution to reducing the overall risks surrounding M&As.

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  • Frank Vielba & Carol Vielba, 2006. "Introduction," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Reducing the M&A Risks, chapter 1, pages 3-17, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-51436-2_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230514362_1
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