Mergers and acquisitions: the impact on information systems and information technology

Recently, there have been significant corporate changes within the major contracting organizations in the UK. Mergers and acquisitions are creating large, pan-European contractors. Such changes have a fundamental impact on the way these contractors operate. The reasons behind the increased mergers a...

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Published inEngineering, construction, and architectural management Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 276 - 284
Main Author CARRILLO, P.M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published MCB UP Ltd 01.03.1998
Subjects
Acquisitions
Construction ISIT
Rationalization
Strategy
Acquisitions
Strategy
Rationalization
Construction IS IT
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Summary:Recently, there have been significant corporate changes within the major contracting organizations in the UK. Mergers and acquisitions are creating large, pan-European contractors. Such changes have a fundamental impact on the way these contractors operate. The reasons behind the increased mergers and acquisitions activities, and how these corporate changes affect information systems and information technology (IS IT) are examined. The present paper illustrates these IS IT changes using the acquisition of two British contractors as case studies. The results show that issues such as leadership, communications and culture have a significant impact on how organizational changes are implemented.
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DOI:10.1108/eb021081