Transformational acquisition is an
acquisition of a company or a division of it with the aim to jointly establish a new
business model
A business model describes how a Company, business organization creates, delivers, and captures value creation, value,''Business Model Generation'', Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Alan Smith, and 470 practitioners from 45 countries, self-pub ...
or to enrich the offer for its customers by different expertise and new solutions. This may be different production technologies or new capacity.
This definition is used in recent years only, but a significant number of
mergers & acquisitions allocate their transaction to this type.
[strategy-business.com, May 2014]
Deals That Transform Companies
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List of examples for Transformational Acquisitions
See also
*Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of a company, business organization, or one of their operating units is transferred to or consolidated with another entity. They may happen through direct absorpt ...
*Takeover
In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company (the ''target'') by another (the ''acquirer'' or ''bidder''). In the UK, the term refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are publicly listed, in contrast to the acquisi ...
* Management control
* Management due diligence
* Merger integration
*Successor company A successor company takes the business (products and services) of a previous company or companies, with the goal to maintain the continuity of the business. To this end, the employees, board of directors, location, equipment, and even product name m ...
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References
Mergers and acquisitions
Corporate law
Competition