Ziel dieses Buches ist es, Ihnen wichtige Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten für eine erfolgreiche Due Diligence in der Softwarebranche zu vermitteln. Sie lernen den M&A-Prozess, die M&A-Organisation, Due Diligence Inhalte, Due Diligence Hacks und Besonderheiten der Softwarebranche wie Geschäftsmodelle, Software-Ökosysteme und Partnerschaftsmodelle kennen.

Karl Michael Popp:Dr. Karl Michael Popp is Senior Director M&A in the Global Business Development and Ecosystem Team in the Office of the CEO of SAP SE. In this area, he works on inorganic growth projects of SAP SE, such as due diligence and merger integration of technology companies as well as strategic partnerships. In his career, he has completed more than 30 acquisitions and corresponding merger integrations worldwide and worked with over 50 companies on partnerships.He is the author of several books and a speaker on software due diligence, post merger integration, digitization of M&A processes as well as business models and platform business models in the software industry. Dr. Popp is a long-standing member of the German M&A Association (Bundesverband M&A) as well as a former board member of the Gesellschaft für Post Merger Integration (now part of the Bundesverband M&A) and works in the program committee of the European Workshop on Merger Integration and of the Think Tank Denkfabrik Wirtschaft. He studied economics and received his doctorate in information systems from the University of Bamberg. More information can be found at https://www.drkarlpopp.com/ .