Knowledge Management for M&A Performance

Ksenija Lace, Marite Kirikova

2021

Abstract

This study focuses on knowledge management role in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). With high proportion of M&A failure, it is important to define possible ways to increase M&A success rates. Knowledge acquisition and management is the important part of M&A initiative, as it forms the foundation for M&A decisions. But with M&A high complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity, effectively organized knowledge management of M&A can become a challenge. In this article authors review current research on knowledge management in general and M&A specific knowledge management, identify the levels of M&A knowledge hierarchy, namely – individual M&A initiative scope, M&A initiatives in scope of one company, M&A initiatives in scope of the same industry. For each level success factors and obstacles for the effective knowledge management are defined. As a result, a proposal for M&A knowledge management high level framework is presented, accumulating all knowledge management levels, and defining the knowledge structure and flow between them.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lace K. and Kirikova M. (2021). Knowledge Management for M&A Performance. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2021) - Volume 3: KMIS; ISBN 978-989-758-533-3, SciTePress, pages 83-89. DOI: 10.5220/0010640100003064

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis21,
author={Ksenija Lace and Marite Kirikova},
title={Knowledge Management for M&A Performance},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2021) - Volume 3: KMIS},
year={2021},
pages={83-89},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010640100003064},
isbn={978-989-758-533-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2021) - Volume 3: KMIS
TI - Knowledge Management for M&A Performance
SN - 978-989-758-533-3
AU - Lace K.
AU - Kirikova M.
PY - 2021
SP - 83
EP - 89
DO - 10.5220/0010640100003064
PB - SciTePress