Support & Donations

For the financial support of and donations to the institute receipts that are tax-deductable having charity status can be issued. Receipts are valid in Austria or the United States of America. If you wish to support our activities, please contact us.

Fact Sheet

You can download our fact sheet as a pdf-File:
Fact Sheet - Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA)

Featured publication

Managing Complex Mergers - Real World Lessons in Implementing Successful Cross-Cultural M&As [ more ]

Our Mission

IMAA provides and advances knowledge and insights to improve the use and benefits of mergers, acquisitions (M&A) and strategic alliances. Our mission is to:

• design, conduct, and disseminate high-quality, avant-garde, and innovative basic and applied research;
• collaborate with academic, government and industry partners;
• provide an international forum devoted to the dialogue of business, politics, society, and science;
• offer educational opportunities for professionals, students and the interested public;
• identify and address critical issues in order to enable professionals to improve their action;
• act as an integrator of different stakeholders in the business community and interdisciplinary science, and;
• collect, maintain and provide specialized resources and information.

Structure

All activities pursued and services offered by IMAA are organized along the following modules:

• courses & conferences;
• research projects;
• publications;
• documentation center.

Advisory Board

The mandate of the Advisory Board is to assist the institute in promoting its mission, plans and priorities.

Advisory Board Members are:

• Dr. Werner Albeseder,
  Partner, Prime Communication & Corporate Finance-Consulting GmbH

• Dr. Franz Ferdinand Eiffe, MBA,
  Financial Consulting

• Thierry Gibert, Ingenieur ECP M.Sc.,
  Partner, CDI Global

• Dr. Christoph Kerres, LL.M.,
  Partner, Kerres | Partners

President

The president is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the Institute. President is Adjunct Professor Dr. Christopher Kummer.

M&A expert for M&A strategy and post merger integration (pmi). Merger & Acquisition strategy and implementation. Success and failures of M&A. Strategic motives for merger & acquisition. How to make M&A or takeover a success? The whole M&A process such as Mergers & Acquisitions, Due Diligence and Post Meger Integration (PMI) are difficult to master. M&A Strategy is important. Strategic Alliances can be an alternative to M&A. But Alliances are not necessarily more successful than M&A transactions. M&A and takovers can be friendly or hostile. IMAA conducts research on M&A. We carry out studies on M&A. Our publications on M&A can be found on this website. We offer courses on M&A. M&A is part of Corporate Finance. M&A Expert Christopher Kummer.