Karl Popp 10/14/19 Karl Popp 10/14/19

NEW Extended and updated second Edition of Best Practices for commercial use of open source software: Business models, processes and tools for managing open source software ISBN 9783750403093

Karl Popp 9/11/19 Karl Popp 9/11/19

Denkfabrik Wirtschaft

Karl Popp 9/9/19 Karl Popp 9/9/19

Aktuelles zur Jahrestagung PMI des Bundesverbandes M&A!

Karl Popp 8/31/19 Karl Popp 8/31/19

How Real-Time Transparency Makes PMI Meetings Effective

As soon as the clock starts ticking, every second in a PMI project matters. Speed in M&A integration execution does bring value and it correlates to the success of M&A.

Karl Popp 8/11/19 Karl Popp 8/11/19

Two best practices for managing the integration project

Best practices in merger integration have to include many aspects like timing, project management, handling exceptional situations and decisions and when to end the integration project.

Karl Popp 6/19/19 Karl Popp 6/19/19

Software strategy selection: is build, buy, partner sufficient or do we have to add open source to the game?

Karl Popp 6/12/19 Karl Popp 6/12/19

What is merger integration? What do i have to do?

Karl Popp 3/25/19 Karl Popp 3/25/19

Thoughts on merger synergies

A (positive) synergy is the increase in shareholder value coming from mergers and acquisitions activity. Below is a list of potential synergies that are usually considered for mergers and acquisitions. If a synergy applies for a deal and how big the synergy is has to be analysed and planned for each deal.

Karl Popp 3/21/19 Karl Popp 3/21/19

A practitioner´s view on risk, risk perception and risk handling in merger integrations

Karl Popp 3/18/19 Karl Popp 3/18/19

Change management in post merger integration and the role of the change manager

Change management in PMI is the process and methods (tools) to manage the people side of the integration to achieve the declared PMI goals. Therefore, it is important to link the change management to the PMI strategy and the project management in the PMI project

Karl Popp 3/18/19 Karl Popp 3/18/19

Proceedings of the European workshop on software ecosystems, held as part of the Platform economy summit, are available

Karl Popp 3/14/19 Karl Popp 3/14/19

Key questions regarding software tools for merger integration

For managing the end-to-end process, Excel, Power Point, and Share Point on their own do not really work. Every project is different and one needs to be aware of the complexity that tools bring with them. So do tools really work?

Karl Popp 3/4/19 Karl Popp 3/4/19

Skills of Integration Managers

The success of a merger integration program highly depends on the skills of integration managers and the integration team´s skills. So, what are these skills?