Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

CHAPTER 13 Managing Post-Merger Integration Globally

Eitan Grosbard

CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES—IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN:

• Present the leading practices that derive from organizing and managing the post-merger integration (PMI) process properly (as opposed to letting the process manage us)
• Present approaches for managing a PMI process in a cross-border scenario
• Present and discuss the concept of PMI governance and emphasize the project’s managerial structure, roles and responsibilities, meetings, management routines, communication and reporting lines, and so on
• Assemble the “all-star team”—what is in our power to create the most competent team
• Provide an initial checklist for setting up the PMI governance structure
• Define key tasks and routines that should be taken care of as the governance is set and the organization starts working accordingly

CHAPTER SUMMARY

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