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The impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in South Africa
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23723 The impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in South Africa Lambrecht, Johan ichelp@gibs.co.za Nene, Siphamandla Ebehardt UCTD South africa Unemployment Mergers and acquisition Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. Mergers, acquisition, and unemployment have been on the increase in South Africa since 1994 when South Africa became a democratic country. Unemployment is a major challenge facing the South African economy. International researchers have found that in most countries where mergers and acquisitions are encouraged, employees of the acquired companies tend to lose employment in years subsequent to those mergers. This research paper aimed at establishing whether South African employees had similar experiences as those overseas. Altogether 42 listed companies that have been acquired in the period between 1996 and 2008 for the value exceeding R500 million were used for the research. An additional 11 companies not undergoing mergers were also selected. The outcome was that acquired companies negatively affect employment. These companies are able to grow their businesses but not in correlation to growing their workforce. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:47:36Z 2013-04-29 2013-09-06T15:47:36Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-04-02 Dissertation Nene, SE 2012, The impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in South Africa, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23723 > F13/4/372/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23723 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04022013-181221/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD South africa Unemployment Mergers and acquisition The impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in South Africa |
| title | The impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in South Africa |
| title_full | The impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in South Africa |
| title_short | The impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in South Africa |
| title_sort | impact of mergers and acquisitions on unemployment in south africa |
| topic | UCTD South africa Unemployment Mergers and acquisition |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23723 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04022013-181221/ |