Mergers, Acquisitions and Global Empires: Tolerance, Diversity and the Success of M & A

Abstract

Companies that have acquired other enterprises through mergers and acquisitions (M & A) have in essence become entities that are akin to the global "empires" of history. In this book, the author weaves a unique narrative that looks at both empires of business created from M & A and global empires from world history in an attempt to answer the question: why do certain empires endure for long periods while others collapse in a short space of time. Empires formed from M & A or conquest have a hierarchical relationship of control and domination by a single authority or centre that can be described as a.