Abstract
During the year 2006, around 28,000 mergers and takeovers have been registered. It is 9,000 more than in 2003, and reflects well the fact that to keep
growing, companies need sometimes an external support.
This phenomena concern all private and public companies, and is a major strategic point in the
globalized business scenario.
So far, it will be interesting in this report analyzing some international cases such as: Air-France / KLM, Thomson / Reuters, GDF / Suez, Daimler / Chrysler, BP /Amoco and Rentokil / PCL. I will proceed the same way with all the cases.
To start with, I will present briefly the two companies and then I will analyze the drivers that made the deal to occur. To conclude, I will make comments on the success or failure of the operation.
