M&A Cooperations and Networks in the e-Business Industry

Since the year 2003 there has been a strong surge in the e-Business industry with many successful startups been formed in North America Europe China and India. At the same time a stronger consolidation trend in the e-Business industry is observable in all regions. The number of merger and acquisition deals in the international e-Business industry has increased sharply since 2005 by 15%. This book presents and analyzes the significant mergers acquisi­tions and cooperations that were consummated in the e-Business industry between the year 2005 and the first quarter of 2007. It looks at the impact of mergers acquisitions and cooperations on the e-Business industry and assesses the deals in the stated time period by analyzing the relationship between mergers acquisitions cooperations market share and competitive advantage to ascertain the strategic value that companies attain from such activities. The book is focused on e-Business companies such as Google Yahoo MSN YouTube MySpace Facebook Photobucket Studiverzeichnis Skype Xing Bebo Last.fm Gumtree Kijiji Joost Tradera Alibaba Taobao Xiaonei Tom Online etc. The book is written for all top managers and decision makers in the e-Business industry e-Business companies venture capital companies e-Business Startup associations researchers and potential e-Business entrepreneurs.