Discussion Post: External Growth Strategies and Implementation
In this module, we explored the role of the corporate headquarters and its relationship with individual businesses, and how the corporate headquarters creates value by making mergers/acquisitions and alliances.
Select a Saudi Arabian company. Describe this company's experiences with mergers/acquisitions and alliances?
• Why did the Saudi Arabian company merge/acquire and/or make alliances with other companies? That is, what competencies and opportunities did the Saudi Arabian company seek from its association with the target company?
• Did the merger/acquisition and/or alliance create or destroy value? (Provide evidence to back the assessment of value creation/destruction.)
• What recommendations would you make to the Saudi Arabian company concerning this or future mergers/acquisitions and/or alliances?
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.