Merger, Acquisition and International Strategies

Merger, Acquisition and International Strategies

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Introduction

Mergers and Acquisitions have been a prominent practice in the corporate world. As of the year 2010, the United States experienced an aggregate 199 mergers and acquisitions, worth $12,414 billion. In this paper, we shall incorporate the purpose and objective of understanding the longitudinal trends of mergers and acquisitions that have otherwise prevailed in the United States. Also, we shall limit our analysis and comprehension to the various sectors, where mergers and acquisitions have been frequently practiced (Accenture, 2009).

Medicare Healthcare Limited Acquisition

In December 2009, Medicare Healthcare Limited, one of the largest private health insurance in America acquisition of Greenfield Hospitals Wockhardt Hospitals Department of limited, consisting of 10 hospitals in metro cities (including 2 under construction) (Anderson, 2004). The company has a large network of clinics in all major cities in America and has expanded strongly through Greenfield projects, acquisitions and management contracts. She has a three-pronged approach of Greenfield facilities, acquisition and management contracts for an increase in capacity, the increase in the company due to its ability to bed capacity within a short period of time will benefit long-term thought.

The aggressive growth plans of the company, its geographic reach not only domestically but also internationally expanding company that make it look more attractive. The company focuses on the process of improving how the efficiency and reduce costs through its hospitals, which will lead to a significant improvement in the operational levels, and large revenues flow from acquisitions and management contracts (Bliss, 2001). The acquisition is an essential part of a series of sequential steps Fotis strategy, a deep penetration in the large cities.

Merger (accession) targets

The main purpose of the acquisition, which is advantageous to have the company for a long time in the big diversified health care market in America. Although the company has made an agreement on the transfer of business assets (BTA), is a full merger or acquisition will be implemented only after the completion of the transaction in December 2010, until only the symbiosis strategy was adopted. Both companies are pursuing the best new process for each company (Carpenter, 2000).

The objectives of the IT integration

IT managers seem to be quick to realize the objectives of the merger, and realized that the end result should be a complete integration of its best first in his class, and then update. The aim of the association is to create a unified organization of 10 hospitals, and this idea was strictly in the IT integration objectives adopted (Chang, 2002). The achievement of this goal is difficult to achieve in one step, and so a project plan developed in several stages, in which the system was created with the highest priority and security for the first time. This led to a partial integration performed in the short term, and then, financial and management systems are integrated.

Set the merger and the integration of IT goals with the theory

Merger and integration of IT is in full agreement with ...