Last but not least, a good adaptive strategy is required in order to compete in the ever-changing, automobile industry. With the DDO, Nissan could make full use of the women talent in the company (focusing on two key areas – women’s career development & work-life balance for employees) and create higher value. Path Method (CPM) of the company’s project management the routes in which they can merge. It focuses on what challenges today’s automotive industry face while doing mergers and acquisitions, driving forces, the advantages and disadvantages of mergers and acquisitions and explores relevant cases. The thoroughly global, 2016 I NTRODUCTION A BOUT N ISSAN M OTORS L TD.