Dear Colleague

We would like to invite you to the next DIJ Business & Economics Brown Bag
Lunch Seminar of the German Institute for
Japanese Studies (DIJ).

It will take place on

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016, 12:30 - 13:30

at the German Institute for Japanese Studies.
(For a map refer to http://www.dijtokyo.org/access).

Our speaker will be
Kai Oliver THIELE (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)

He will offer a presentation on:

"The Employees' View on Cross-Border M&As in Japan: What do Employees Need
to Speak in Favor of an Acquisition?"

Despite their growing popularity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) are said to
fail frequently and have a success rate of less than 50%. M&As between
companies from different cultures in general impose unique challenges, but
also offer invaluable opportunities for both parties. Since Japan lags
behind expectations regarding the amount of cross-border M&As, it is the
more important to understand the drivers of successful cross-border
acquisitions coming into the country.

In research, it has been increasingly argued that the employees have a
crucial, if not decisive impact on the outcome of an acquisition. However,
how the employees' view on a merger can be successfully managed in order to
leverage the M&As' success rate remains yet unanswered. By focusing on the
employees' needs, my research seeks to contribute positively to an increase
of the cross-border M&As' success rate.

In this talk I present the final results of my dissertation focusing on
empirical studies conducted in Japan. The audience will get a brief and
concise overview of the results of my research and is invited to share their
opinions in fruitful discussions.

Kai Oliver Thiele is a Doctoral Researcher from the Hamburg University of
Technology in Germany and a scholarship holder at the German Institute for
Japanese Studies. He holds an MBA degree from the University of Kansas as
well as Master's degree in Business Mathematics from the University of
Hamburg. His dissertation focuses on the employees' view on cross-border
M&As in Japan. He also holds methodological research interests that address
the analysis, development and improvement of partial least squares
structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). At distinguished universities and
conferences he has given presentations about his research (e.g., Academy of
Marketing Science Annual Conference, Hosei University, Keio University).

The presentation will be given in English.

Everybody is welcome to attend, but we appreciate if you register by
e-mail busi.econ-studygroup@dijtokyo.org any time before the event.