Title
Late to the Game: Assessing IT Integration Risk after the Acquisition Target Has Been Identified
Abstract
This article introduces a framework for assessing IT integration risk in acquisitions. We illustrate the framework's merits for the management of high-risk acquisitions and identification of low-risk acquisitions with the experience of Trelleborg AB, a global industrial company with acquisitions as integrated components of its corporate strategy. Based on the insights gained from Trelleborg, we provide lessons for CIOs in assessing and managing IT-related risk in acquisitions after the acquisition target has been identified.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/HICSS.2015.554
System Sciences
Keywords
Field
DocType
business data processing,corporate acquisitions,risk management,cio,it integration risk assessment,trelleborg ab,acquisition target,corporate strategy,global industrial company,high-risk acquisitions management,low-risk acquisitions identification,acquisition,is integration,it integration,merger,risk
Computer science,Knowledge management,Risk management,Strategic management
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1530-1605
0
0.34
References 
Authors
7
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefan Henningsson121825.17
William J. Kettinger21534118.98