Business Acquisition Analysis:

A Case Study of Disney-Fox Deal

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.210712.039How to use a DOI?

Keywords

business acquisition, Walt Disney, Fox, strategic negotiation

Abstract

The media and film industry has been experiencing constant development in the past decades. In this context, an increasing quantity of mergers and acquisitions have been witnessed, essentially changing the layout of power distribution of the film industry. This study reviews one of the most renowned acquisition cases between 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney. More specifically, this article introduces what factors lead to this acquisition and how is negotiated between these two industrial giants. Ultimately, an aftermath analysis is employed to appraise the results of this acquisition. It is found that this acquisition generally reaches a win-win consequence, especially concerning the economic benefits and the enhanced competitiveness of Walt Disney. In line with strategic business negotiation tactics, this case study respectively discusses the implications for strategic negotiation theories and puts forward an array of suggestions for the ensuing business acquisition practices in the film industry.

Copyright

© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nuo Chen
AU  - Xuantong Lin
AU  - Ruitao Luo
AU  - Guanzhong Shao
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/12
TI  - Business Acquisition Analysis:
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Economic Development and Business Culture (ICEDBC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 231
EP  - 235
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210712.039
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210712.039
ID  - Chen2021
ER  -