Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: Mergers and acquisitions have been taking place since decades and will continue. There are a lot of facts about benefits, about the risks or new methods to be profitable in a merger or an acquisition. A lot of literature shows us that more than about 60% of the mergers and acquisitions are a failure. Besides, the high failure rates this paper illustrates deal motivations for mergers and acquisitions. This paper was written by an author whose mother tongue is not English. Please excuse any mistakes or inconsistencies.