By Frank Vielba, Carol Vielba, Ian Dalby
 9780470745885 • 256pp • £39.99 • May 2010

Containing practical advice to firms when planning strategy, this book gives an M&A roadmap for bringing deals to a successful conclusion. By looking at how companies approach M&A and linking their intrinsic capabilities to the way that they execute the deal, readers will learn about new ways of extracting value.

The book looks at the increasing role that information and communication technology (ICT) plays in the M&A process and how companies are using new service oriented technologies to complete integration faster and extract greater value. The book brings an understanding of how to measure the ICT value contribution in an M&A project and gives guidance on the adoption of best practices. Includes key messages from company case studies, and presents an M&A roadmap for successful projects as well as useful supporting material including practical tips and techniques, top tens, frameworks and models, charts and diagrams.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Value Realisation in M&A
3. Alignment and Business Architecture
4. Agility and The IT Architecture of M&A
5. Value Transparency (Capability Mapping)
6. M&A Technology Enablers (SOA)
7. M&A Value Road Map
8. Summary and conclusions

 By Frank Vielba and Carol Vielba
 ISBN: 1403946787

Published by
Palgrave Macmillan
August 2006

Introduction
The lack of adequate and timely IT involvement in the merger and acquisition process can cost companies millions of pounds every year. Current research shows that IT accounts for 20-30% of the post-acquisition benefits in a merger or acquisition and is growing. With M&A activity back on an upwards trend the need to get IT right has never being greater.


• How can a merger be achieved in today’s business world with successful use of IT?
• How can companies avoid M&A failure and additional risks in an IT M&A project?
• What should your company be doing about IT when contemplating a merger or acquisition?

Description
This book addresses these topical questions and provides the answers. By bringing in new analysis and research this book appeals to multiple audiences. Whether you are an international group or small company, a practitioner CIO or IT manager, a consultant or senior manager with an interest in IT there are plenty of management and technical best practices to give you a practical insight into how to make use of IT in a M&A transaction The book considers the IT issues that arise before, during and after the restructuring contingent on a merger or acquisition. In addition it considers other factors that must be taken into account when such changes occur across national and cultural boundaries.

Key features of the book and benefits to the reader include:

• Summaries and application of relevant management theories
• Simple to understand examples and real life case studies
• A well and tested framework and implementation methodology
• Practical tips and techniques
• Easy to read charts and diagrams
• Discussion of the current mergers and acquisition scene
• Bibliography and suggestions for further reading

The book includes discussion of the following topics:

• Current and future trends in the international mergers and acquisition market
• Issues determining success and failure in the use of IT in mergers and acquisitions
• International mergers and acquisitions: the cultural dimension and questions of nationality
• IT pressure points before, during and after a merger or acquisition
• Key success factors for IT
• Pre- and Post-acquisition IT strategies
• Best IT practices in pre and post-acquisition
• Integration IT strategy – a framework and methodology
• Integration IT tools and techniques

Contents

• Introduction
• The M&A Landscape
• The BTM Model
• Business Issues
• Technical Issues
• Management Issues
• The Phase Model
• Due Diligence
• Detailed Assessment
• Integration
• Review
• The Role of the Consultant
• Conclusions

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REVIEWS:

> BCS Book Review "IT Now Magazine", November 2006

> CIO-Connect book review, CIO-Connect Magazine, issue 16, Autumn 2006

> Assoc. of MBAs book review "Ambition magazine" issue 3, page 4 ,July 2007

  published by CIO Connect Magazine
  Autumn 2004 Issue 7

The article is based on 3 separate CIO’s interviews that Frank Vielba did as part of his research to write his M&A book mentioned above.

The CIO’s interviews illustrate the management and IT issues incumbent in an M&A transaction and how 3 CIOs of well known and respected companies managed to make the deal successful from an IT viewpoint.