Motiv till fusioner : en jämförelse mellan branscher utifrån tre perspektiv

Sammanfattning: During the twentieth century, mergers&aquisitions have occured in waves where times of low activityfrequently has turned into periods of high activity. M&A:s have been of increasing numbers and growing size, which was extra evident during the last wave during the 1990:s. What are the motives that has made M&A such a widely used strategy? Are there similarities within and across industries regarding merger motives? The empirical material consists of primary and secundary data collected from two mergers in three industries respectively; manufacturing, banking and IT. The analysis make use of three different perspectives, the reason for this being to create understanding and furthermore illuminate the complexity of the problem. The results clearly demonstrate similarities in merger motives within the industries, but also give some support for similarities across the industries. Furthermore, using a multi perspective approach has proved to be a good way of illuminating the problem.