MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AS A SOURCE OF BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING

Abstract

This paper investigates the sophisticated essence of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a source of business restructuring in the industrial world, including manufacturing and service industries. It presents the picture of assumed purposes and conditions for such M&As and the outright benefits of M&As for businesses. The authors consider the characteristics, trends as well as success cases in the M&As field. Several research methodologies are implemented to analyze the business environment and identify the goals and the strategies to be developed for the purposes of M&As on the basis of comparative analysis of the successful real-life examples of M&As.