Successful Foreign Acquisitions: The Pivotal Role of the Management Accountant

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7506-6172-0
Verlag: CIMA PUB

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 186 g

Reihe: Cima Research

Successful Foreign Acquisitions investigates two cross-border acquisitions with the aim of looking at the role of management accounting in the process and drawing useful lessons about the acquistion and integration process for practioners.

The authors:
*identify the acquisition strategy and examine its added value
*evaluate the strategy in both cultural and economic terms
*consider the required management control systems needed to implement the strategy and compare this with the actual control systems used
* review what performance measures would be needed to encourage managers to deliver and compare these with the actual measures introduced
* consider how environmental and cultural differences impact on this process

Zielgruppe

Accountants; management; CFOs; CEOs

Autoren/Hrsg.

Appleyard, Tony

Pallett, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen Controlling, Wirtschaftsprüfung, Revision
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Literature review- Anglo-German Differences; Literature Review- The Acquisition Process; The Research Framework; Case Study One- UK Parent and German Subsidiary; Case Study Two- German Parent and UK Subsidiary; Discussion and Conclusions; Lessons to be Learned from Case Studies; Appendicies.