Information technology integrations in M&A synergy creation challenges

Yritysjärjestelyjä ja yritysostoja, erityisesti fuusioita, toteutetaan keinona saavuttaa epäorgaanista kasvua tai muita etuja, kuten synergioiden luominen kahden liiketoimintayksikön välille. Fuusiot vaativat valtavan resurssiponnistuksen molemmilta fuusioituvilta kumppaneilta ja edellyttävät suurta...

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Main Author: Vidqvist, Riku
Other Authors: Informaatioteknologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Information Technology, Informaatioteknologia, Information Technology, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2023
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description Yritysjärjestelyjä ja yritysostoja, erityisesti fuusioita, toteutetaan keinona saavuttaa epäorgaanista kasvua tai muita etuja, kuten synergioiden luominen kahden liiketoimintayksikön välille. Fuusiot vaativat valtavan resurssiponnistuksen molemmilta fuusioituvilta kumppaneilta ja edellyttävät suurta määrää sisäisiä kyvykkyyksiä kaupan läpivientiin. Tuloksena suurin osa yritysostoista ja fuusioista tuhoaa arvoa arvonluonnin sijasta. Yksi keskeinen osa yritysostoja ja fuusioita on toimintojen integrointi. IT:n integrointiprosessi on erityisen monimutkainen ja olennainen prosessi, joka vaikuttaa yrityskaupan tuottavuuteen merkittävästi. IT-integraatioprosessit vaihtelevat eri tutkijoiden välillä sekä nimeämisen että sisällön suhteen. Kun etsitään synergisiä etuja yritysostoista ja fuusioista, IT-integraatioprosessissa kohdataan erinäisiä haasteita synergioiden luomisen suhteen. Integroijien kohtaamat IT haasteet, ovat melko erilaiset sen mukaan, missä olosuhteissa integrointi tapahtuu. Tämä tutkimus suoritettiin syvemmän ymmärryksen saamiseksi integroijien kohtaamista erilaisista haasteista ja luokittelemaan löydökset nykyisen kirjallisuuden avulla. Tutkimuksessa hyödynnetty empiirinen materiaali kerättiin laadullisilla, puolistrukturoiduilla haastatteluilla avainhenkilöiden kanssa IT-integraatioissa. Haastatteluiden tieto litteroitiin ja analysoitiin temaattisesti. Analysoinnin jälkeen dataa katsasteltiin IT integraatioon liittyvän viitekehyksen kautta, jotta saatiin selville miten johdonmukaista empiirisesti koottu data on suhteessa aikaisempaan tutkimukseen, mitkä integraatiohaasteisiin liittyvät teemat liittyvät mihinkin integraatiostrategioihin ja miten haasteet voivat vaikuttaa synergisten hyötyjen toteutumiseen. IT integraatiossa havaitut haasteet vaikuttavat suoraan IT synergioiden toteutumiseen ja alustavaa viitekehystä voidaan hyödyntää tunnistamaan teemoja. Lisäksi viimeisessä kappaleessa suositellaan jatkotutkimusaiheita IT integraatioiden, IT synergioiden ja yritysjärjestelyiden IT:n piiristä. Mergers and acquisitions are conducted as a way of achieving inorganic growth or other benefits, such as creating synergies between two separate business units. M&As require an immense resourcing effort from both merging partners and often requires a great deal of internal competencies. As a result, most of M&As destroy value rather than create it. One key component of M&As is the integration of processes. The process of integrating IT across different companies is a complex process in M&As. IT integration processes vary between different scholars in naming and in content. When conducting M&As in search of synergistic benefits some challenges are faced in the IT integration process. The challenges which integrators are facing when integrating the collective IT is quite different regarding the circumstances in which it is conducted. This study was conducted to gain more in-depth understanding into the different challenges integrators are facing and categorize the findings using current literature. The empirical data of the study was formulated through qualitative, semi-structured interviews of key informants in IT integrations. This data was thematically analyzed, and the analyzed data was mapped to the framework to show contingencies in previous studies and highlight which challenge themes are relevant to which strategies and how the challenges could affect the process of realizing synergistic benefits. The IT integration challenges directly affect the realization of synergies, and the themes can be identified using the framework. Further, additional research directions in are recommended for scholars in the field of IT M&A and IT synergies.
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title_full Information technology integrations in M&A : synergy creation challenges
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title_short Information technology integrations in M&A
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topic mergers and acquisitions IT integration integration challenges synergy creation challenges Tietojärjestelmätiede Information Systems Science 601 yrityskaupat integraatio synergia yritykset yritysjärjestelyt hankinta prosessit corporate acquisitions integration (passive) synergy enterprises reorganisation of a business acquisition processes
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