Company’s Experiences with Mergers/Acquisitions and Alliances

In this module, we explored the role of the corporate headquarters and its relationship with individual businesses, and how the corporate headquarters creates value by making mergers/acquisitions and alliances.
Select a Saudi Arabian company.

1. Describe this company’s experiences with mergers/acquisitions and alliances
2. Why did the Saudi Arabian company merge/acquire and/or make alliances with other companies? That is, what competencies and opportunities did the Saudi Arabian company seek from its association with the target company?
3. Did the merger/acquisition and/or alliance create or destroy value? (Provide evidence to back the assessment of value creation/destruction.)
4. What recommendations would you make to the Saudi Arabian company concerning this or future mergers/acquisitions and/or alliances?

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (require supporting citations) in your initial response along with at least two reference one of them scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article. Use University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.