June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that it has at the same time the acquisition of two public companies, Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources, in all non-cash transactions. The total cost was about $ 24 billion, a figure close to Anadarko's market capitalization at the time. Parallel threads of the transaction and negotiations were completed in a few months. The specific dynamics of this "deal" was awesome. Anadarko, Kerr-McGee and Western were all companies with a rich history and dynamic. The combination of resources, processes and people involved in these transactions was complex and powerful. The report presents actual investor relations problem for Anadarko. How would explain Anadarko deal? How would the company come together to build the most value? Whatever stripped to pay money? What was the strategy for transforming these proposals? As it took off so quickly and effectively?
Topics include Mergers and Acquisitions "Hide
by Clayton M. Christensen, B. Curtis Rising Source: Harvard Business School 29 pages. Publication Date: October 19, 2009. Prod. #: 610020-PDF-ENG
