Methodical approaches to preliminary analysis of mergers and acquisitions

Abstract

In conditions globalization of business and increasing competition as a form of integration of business entities are considering mergers and acquisitions. To make informed management decisions necessary to conduct a preliminary analysis of mergers and acquisitions, aimed at identifying and evaluating potential synergistic effects and the definition of an acceptable level of transaction price and the cost of its conclusion, providing an equitable distribution of economic benefits among the participants of association. The article presents the scheme of such analysis.