The Effect of Mergers and Acquisition on a Firm’s Competitive Advantage: A Case of Hewlett-Packard East Africa

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dc.contributor.authorLunani, Elsa Khayanga
dc.contributor.authorKarau, James
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T10:55:52Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T10:55:52Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe main objective of this study was to establish the effect of Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) on a firm’s competitive advantage in the IT industry. A descriptive research approach was adopted with a target population comprising of all employees atHewlett Packard Company (HP) in Nairobi, Kenya.Horizontal mergers were found to be the most common types of mergers. These mergers weremainly driven by external economies of scale, market power, combined complimentary resources and customer service quality. The findings also established that the major elements of competitive advantage were volume of transactions and markets share. External economies of scale, market power and combined complimentary resources contributed positively to competitive advantage while surplus funds and idle resources did not drive competitive advantage. Based on the study,researchers recommended that decisions on M&A should be based on first understanding which facets of the business will be driven by the M&A in order to derive a competitive advantage. In addition, there is need for companies to do progress evaluation of the M&A specifically to review its impact on competitive advantageen_US
dc.identifier.citationKarau, J. N., & Khayanga, L. E. (2018) The Effect of Mergers and Acquisition on a Firm’s Competitive Advantage: A Case of Hewlett-Packard East Africa. The International Journal of Business Management and Technology 2(6), 67-79.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2581-3889
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3644
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe International Journal of Business Management and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectMergers & acquisitionsen_US
dc.subjectCompetitive advantageen_US
dc.subjectEconomies of scaleen_US
dc.subjectHorizontal mergersen_US
dc.subjectMarket poweren_US
dc.titleThe Effect of Mergers and Acquisition on a Firm’s Competitive Advantage: A Case of Hewlett-Packard East Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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