Acquisition Strategies in European Emerging Markets

KLAUS MEYER is Professor at the Centre for East European Studies, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. SAUL ESTRIN is Professor of Business and Society at London Business School, UK.

• PART ONE: FDI IN EUROPEAN EMERGING ECONOMIES Introduction: Acquisition Strategies in European Emerging Markets; K.Meyer & S.Estrin Institutional Context and FDI Trends in European Emerging Economies; C.Jensen The Changing Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment: Survey Insights; K.Meyer , D.Ionasçu , P.Kulawczuk , A. Szczesniak , Z.Antal-Mokos , K.Tóth & V.Darskuviene PART TWO: ACQUISITIONS: BUSINESS STRATEGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH Acquisition as an Entry and Growth Strategy; K.Meyer Synergy Management in Acquisitions; K.Tóth M&A in Mobile Telephony: Industry Dynamics; J.Anderson & Z.Antal-Mokos Institutional and Regulatory Barriers to Foreign M&A in Central Europe; M.Bak ; P.Kulawczuk & A.Szczesniak Acquisitions, Institutions, and Policy; S.Estrin & K.Meyer PART THREE: CASE STUDIES The Evolution of the Hungarian Mobile Communications Market and T-Mobile Hungary; Z.Antal-Mokos & A.Bauer The Purchase of a Monopoly: France Telecom Acquires TPSA; P.Kulawczuk Building Strategic Alliances to Maintain Independence: Bank Millennium and Banco Comercial Português ; A.Szczesniak Building Profit from Losses: K&H and ABN AMRO; K.Tóth Creating a Nordic Bank: SEB-Vilniaus Bankas; K.Simkute The Emergence of the Central European MNE: MOL; Z.Antal-Mokos & K.Tóth Growth through Multiple Acquisitions: Carlsberg Breweries in Poland; M.Bak Purchase the National Brand No.1 to Rescue Entry Strategy? The Acquisition of Wedel by Cadbury-Schweppes; P.Kulawczuk Early Entry and Aggressive Growth: Kraft Foods Lietuva; V.Darskuviene References Index