http://www.beaconintegration.com/resources/merger-blog/2009/06/breakout-deals-can-be-game-changers-structuring-mas-and-joint-ventures/ This blog is dedicated to technology aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:35:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.beaconintegration.com/resources/merger-blog/2009/06/breakout-deals-can-be-game-changers-structuring-mas-and-joint-ventures/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Elisha Cohn Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:34:17 +0000 http://www.beaconintegration.com/resources/merger-blog/?p=189#comment-251 You mention Joint Ventures in the same breath as <a href="http://www.beaconintegration.com/service.htm" rel="nofollow">mergers </a>and <a href="http://www.beaconintegration.com/resources/merger-blog/category/divestiture/" rel="nofollow">divestitures</a>. Which makes me think, in the current liquidity crisis, are more companies turning to strategic alliances to satisfy short and long-term growth aspirations than before on a percentage basis. M&A transactions are painfully low at the moment and most companies are just concentrating on surviving, but I bet if someone did the research, they would see Joint Ventures pulling a larger share of the strategic growth activity. You mention Joint Ventures in the same breath as mergers and divestitures. Which makes me think, in the current liquidity crisis, are more companies turning to strategic alliances to satisfy short and long-term growth aspirations than before on a percentage basis. M&A transactions are painfully low at the moment and most companies are just concentrating on surviving, but I bet if someone did the research, they would see Joint Ventures pulling a larger share of the strategic growth activity.

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