This chapter examines the importance of stakeholder relationships to merger and acquisition (M&A) processes, using a case study of the AUD11 billion mega-merger in 2017 between Australian gaming groups Tabcorp and Tatts. The case study approach is adopted to consider the relevance of stakeholder...

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are today common options for business survival and development. They imply the adaptation of enterprises to new conditions being one of them, the integration of the enterprises involved in the deal. That integration is achieved through strategic actions in...

Cultures don’t clash … people do. Hidden below the veil of “incompatible cultures” is a complex network of human-to-human interaction involving information-exchange transactions that have gone awry. The multitude of these troubled exchanges results in what is often branded as “M&A...