250-300 words : External Growth Strategies and Implementation 5

 In this module, we explored the role of the corporate headquarters  and its relationship with individual businesses, and how the corporate  headquarters creates value by making mergers/acquisitions and alliances.

Select a Saudi Arabian company. Describe this company’s experiences with mergers/acquisitions and alliances?  

1. Why did the Saudi Arabian company merge/acquire and/or make  alliances with other companies? That is, what competencies and  opportunities did the Saudi Arabian company seek from its association  with the target company?
2. Did the merger/acquisition and/or alliance create or destroy  value? (Provide evidence to back the assessment of value  creation/destruction.)
3. What recommendations would you make to the Saudi Arabian company  concerning this or future mergers/acquisitions and/or alliances?