Business Purpose:
Both Mergers and Acquisitions are prominent aspects of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management. The process of M&A deals on the ways of buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies. An important motivation for M&As is to gain access to technological knowledge which is of long-term strategic interest & also critical for establishing a sustained competitive advantage to the company. Important success factors for technology-driven M&As are the selection of the most appropriate M&A target and the target subsequent integration into the organization itself. The selection decision requires the identification and assessment of various M&A options which can be achieved by analyzing patent data
Our Strategy:
Mson IP provides a framework for identifying and assessing M&A options based on patent information. There are two strategies while conducting an M&A analysis:
First Strategy is where the access to the desired technology is the prime objective i.e. the technological field of interest is defined and the acquisition candidate is unknown.
Second strategy is where technological aspects do not motivate the acquisition i.e. the acquisition target is known and management needs to manage the companies combined technology position.
Our Approach:
However, Mson IP’s framework for M&A is a three step process:
> Identify Potential Acquisition Targets
> Portfolio Due Diligence of Selected Target
> Risk Assessment Analysis