Acquisition Strategy or Acquisition Anarchy?

Norburn F. D. G. : An investigation into the relationship between company financial performance and primary objective setting; decision making, and sources of information, with particular emphasis upon product evaluation. Ph.D. Thesis 1972, City University.

For a complete outline of methodology see Birley S. J. : A study of corporate acquisition procedures and their relationship to financial performance. Ph.D. Thesis 1974, London University.

In two cases a portfolio of acquisitions was discussed rather than specific ones.

See also results of Levison T. : A psychologist diagnoses merger failures, Harvard Business Review, March 1970.

Ansoff H. I. : Corporate Strategy. McGraw-Hill, 1969. Business Strategy. Penguin Books, 1969. See also Brion: Corporate Marketing Planning. Wilty, 1967.

For a fuller discussion of this see [2] above.