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9 Reasons Acquisitions Fail — and How to Beat the Odds

Douglas Yorke
February 27, 2018

Acquisitions are one of the most powerful tools available to companies for achieving growth and building long-term value. Unfortunately, while…

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Business Owners

Running vs. Merging: What Occasional Acquirers Need to Know

Study after study has shown that frequent acquirers (those who spend at least 5% of their market value per year…

Business Owners

Avoid Culture Clashes After a Merger

Strategic acquisitions can be a great strategy to achieve cost advantages, grow revenues rapidly, or to acquire a set of…

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Why HR Due Diligence Matters in M&A

Mergers are rarely a uniting of equals. They almost always consist of a dominant company absorbing another, not-as-strong entity —…

Business Owners

Successful Mergers in One Easy Lesson

There is really only one major consideration that business owners and senior executives need to keep in mind to successfully…

Advisors

Integration: The Banker’s Last Key to Deal Value

The ugly secret of the M&A business is that most deals don’t work, at least not by the only yardstick…

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Advisors

How to Prevent Failed Mergers

Private equity-driven M&A deals have an embarrassingly low success rate. This is understood within the industry, at least on a…

The Complete Video Series on Planning a Merger Integration

With an estimated 50-80% of mergers failing in the current economic climate, it is important ensure every tactic, strategy, and…

Best Practices in Post-Merger Integrations

There are few frustrations greater than watching an otherwise successful deal fall apart due to poor post-merger strategies. Despite these…

Tom Nelson on Merger Integration Do’s and Don’ts

Mergers are supposed to make companies more productive. They’re meant to get rid of inefficiencies, grow revenues and result in…

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