03384nas a2200445 a 4500 20260818154903.0 050703s2004 th uu m rtt 0| a1eng d .b11965101 AIT RSPR no.SM-04-78 Ngo Duc Vu Mergers and acquisitions inthe high-tech industries : the case of Pacific Century Cyberwork (PCCW) and Cable & Wireless HKT Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2004 54, [11] leaves Research studies project report ; no. SM-04-78 A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration, School of Management Research Studies Project Report (M. BA.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2004 The year 2000 is the highest breakeven of M&A activities in Asia since 1995 by achieving 187 billion US $ in which more than 100 billion is value of high-tech deals mostly in telecommunication, elech·onic and semi-conductor industries. The high-tech M&As accelerated in 2000 which is the year where there was an Internet boom as well as market boom especially NASDAQ index. The research will reveal what factors driving high-tech M&A activities in Asia recent years. Understanding reality of how high-tech M&As affect combined firm's performance will help to draw some critical success factors and lessons learnt for managers. The research also focuses on examining post-acquisition performance of Pacific Century CyberWork (PCCW) who took over Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Telecommunication in 2000. The deal was the biggest one in 2000 presenting around $37.4 billion US $. Interestingly, PCCW who is an Internet company did acquire a target film having turnover 186 times higher than that of PCCW before the deal. Results of the case study are expected to give more evidences for findings in previous studies on high-tech mergers as well as for observations which are done in the research. High technology industries Consolidation and merger of corporations Venkatesh, Sundar, Chairperson Sunuta Siengthai, Examination committee Singha Chiamsiri, Examination committee AIT Fellowship, Scholarship donor Government of French, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. SM-04-78 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B09575 .b11965101 mnait u 240716 0 050703 m a u 0 mnait mnait mnarc 20 22 40 Barcode : 30050120909774 CREATED : 2005-06-24 RECORD # : i12450856 LPATRON : 1017790 LCHKIN : 2007-05-14 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 2 TOT RENEW : 2 Barcode : 30050120664825 CREATED : 2012-10-23 RECORD # : i12709268 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120301261 CREATED : 2016-05-27 RECORD # : i12997018 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 75182 75182 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT RSPR no.SM-04-78 30050120909774 2026-08-18 15:49:03 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT RSPR no.SM-04-78 30050120664825 2026-08-18 15:49:03 3 2026-08-18 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT RSPR no.SM-04-78 30050120301261 2026-08-18 15:49:03 1 2026-08-18 40