Promising mergers that fall apart: AT Kearney-EDS synergies did not work
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Vivek Velamuri says: The case study is based on real-life conditions and analyzes the 1995 acquisition of AT Kearney, a successful management consulting firm, by the global IT company Electronic Data Systems (EDS). The manner in which EDS executed the merger and the purchase price, USD 595,000,000, were unrivaled at the time and caused quite a stir back then.
| Document Type: | Report |
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| Language: | English |
| Author: | Vivek K. Velamuri |
| Chairs and Professorships: | Chair of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer |
| Year of Completion: | 2013 |
| Note: | In: Financial Times, July 02, 2013, 14 |