“…Objective 2: To establish similarities to previous theories/findings of merger and acquisition of telecom industry such as synergy trap hypothesis (MyeongCheol, et al, 2002), asset efficiency hypotheses (Salleh, et al, 2013); Barkema and Schijven, 2008), theories of impact on innovative performance of the acquiring firm in relation to knowledge base of acquired firm (Cloodt, et al, 2006), ethical conduct of mergers and acquisition and its impact on job performance (Lin and Wei, 2006), and share holders value effects (Rieck and Doan, 2009). In addition, objective is to compare analysis of similar recent deals (Singh, 2014).…”