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156287 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49144 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2018 157 pages Doctoral Dissertation Academic theses Text chi Yang, Zhibo Pei, Ker-Wei Qian, Jun Shen, Wei Jiang, Zhan Arizona State University Doctoral Dissertation Business Administration 2018 Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been playing a very significant role in the capital market. Many companies regard mergers and acquisitions as an important way for their business expansion and transformation. This paper begins with a review of literature on firm’s motivations of and outcomes in M&A, and followed by a critical examination of three case studies of actual M&A transactions based on the insights provided from the literature review. For each case study, a firm’s motivations and related managerial initiatives for M&A activities were examined, followed by an assessment of the firm’s post M&A performance results. This allows the study to discerns the insights of why and how a firm proceed in its M&A transactions from its strategic intent to its post M&A managerial actions. Collectively, the results show that the key drivers for a firm’s M&A successes rest on a firm’s abilities to manage the M&A activities consistent with its strategic intent (e.g., creating synergies or transformation through diversification) and followed by its post M&A integration efforts in achieving its strategic intent. Business Administration M&As motivation M&As performance Mergers and Acquisitions Synergy effect An Analysis of Firm’s Diversification and Transformation Through Mergers and Acquisitions