Table of Contents (overview)
Foreword....................................................................................................................... V
Acknowledgements ................................................................................................... VII
Table of Contents (overview) .....................................................................................IX
Table of Contents (detailed).......................................................................................XI
List of Figures......................................................................................................... XVII
List of Abbreviations ...............................................................................................XXI
1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 1
PART I: INTRODUCING AND CLASSIFYING CROSS-BUSINESS
SYNERGIES................................................................................................ 13
2 Concept and Characteristics of Cross-business Synergies ...................... 14
3 Types of Cross-business Synergies............................................................. 24
4 Summary and Discussion of Part I .......................................................... 100
PART II: REALIZING GROWTH SYNERGIES................................................ 107
5 Literature Review: Operative Synergies ................................................. 109
6 Empirical Approach.................................................................................. 136
7 Exploratory Work: Strategies for Growth Synergies ............................ 160
8 Case Study: The continuous realization of growth synergies................ 180
9 Results: Key success factors for the continuous realization of growth
synergies ..................................................................................................... 231
10 Summary and Discussion of Part II......................................................... 299
PART III: CONCLUSION ...................................................................................... 334
Appendices................................................................................................................. 337
References.................................................................................................................. 357