M&A Beyond Borders: Opportunities and Risks

In cooperation with the About the survey The Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed 670 executives in January 008 about their attitudes to cross-border mergers and acquisitions. The survey and paper were sponsored by Marsh, Mercer and Kroll. Respondents represent a range of different regions, with approximately 30% from Asia-Pacific; one-quarter each from Europe and North America; and the remainder from the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Executives questioned represent a range of company sizes, with approximately 50% reporting annual revenues of more than US$500m and the remainder under that threshold. Approximately 50% of respondents were C-level or board-level executives and the remainder were senior executives. The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted the survey and wrote the paper. The findings expressed in this summary do not necessarily reflect the views of our sponsors. Our thanks go to the survey respondents for their time and insight.